FOCKEN Tim

Germany
Shooting
24 Aug 1984
37
Male
SH2
OLDENBURG
 
Germany
OLDENBURG
 
Germany

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
SHO Shooting R9 - Mixed 50m Rifle Prone SH2 14

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Asaka Shooting Range - 50m Range
R9 - Mixed 50m Rifle Prone SH2 Qualification
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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RankEventYearLocationResult
World Championships
4R9 - Mixed 50m Rifle Prone SH22019Sydney, NSW, AUS203.4
8Mixed R5 - 10m Air Rifle Prone SH2 - Team2014Suhl, GER1886.2
17R9 - Mixed 50m Rifle Prone SH22018Cheongju, KOR610.4
27R5 - Mixed 10m Air Rifle Prone SH22014Suhl, GER630.1
53R5 - Mixed 10m Air Rifle Prone SH22019Sydney, NSW, AUS626.0
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Timmi (Athlete, 22 Aug 2021)
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Running, cycling. (Athlete, 22 Aug 2021)
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Athlete, Veteran
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Trade - Carpenter
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Wife Sabrina, son Maxim, daughter Zoey
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German
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SV Etzhorn [Oldenburg, GER]
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Rudi Krenn [national], GER
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Right (wiesbadener-tagblatt.de, 01 Feb 2014)
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He has competed in Para athletics at international competitions for army veterans. (Athlete, 22 Aug 2021; wiesbadener-tagblatt.de, 01 Feb 2014)
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He took up the sport in 2013 in Germany. (Athlete, 22 Aug 2021)
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He had already been trained how to shoot in the army, so the sport was a natural fit. (wiesbadener-tagblatt.de, 01 Feb 2014)
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To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (dbwv.de, 31 Mar 2017)
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Placing fourth at the 2019 World Championships in Sydney, NSW, Australia. (Athlete, 22 Aug 2021)
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Coach Rudi Krenn. (Athlete, 22 Aug 2021)
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He has kept the bullet that he was shot with in 2010. It was recovered during surgery. "I always keep it with me, in my left pocket. And apparently it actually brought me luck. That's why it has a very special meaning." (spiegel.de, 13 Sep 2020)
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"Shooting is such a highly complex sport with so many processes. You must never be negative, you always have to accept the situation and pull something positive out of the negative yourself." (teamdeutschland-paralympics.de, 21 Apr 2020)

General Interest

Classification
SH2 (IPC, 11 Mar 2021)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (wiesbadener-tagblatt.de, 01 Feb 2014)

Impairment Details
In October 2010 he was shot in his left shoulder while serving with the German armed forces in Kunduz, Afghanistan. The injury resulted in him losing all mobility in his left shoulder and arm. (wiesbadener-tagblatt.de, 01 Feb 2014)

General
ARMY VETERAN
When he was shot in 2010 while serving in the German armed forces in Afghanistan, the bullet narrowly missed his head, and he was flown out of the combat area to receive life-saving surgery. He was operated on for 17 hours, and two metal plates were inserted into his shoulder. "I wanted to get an overview of my comrades who were behind me and turned around, and I was hit. I would not be sitting here otherwise [if he had not turned round]. It was a few centimetres away from my head. You never forget such events in your life, they always stay there. You can't just delete the memory. I had a lot of mental problems. Only sport brought me back. The decision to take up shooting Para sport was the best I could make." (teamdeutschland-paralympics.de, 21 Apr 2020; spiegel.de, 13 Sep 2020; sportbuzzer.de, 30 Jan 2020)

Legend
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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