SCHIEWE Torben

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Paralympic Games
3	Men	2012	London, GBR
6	Men	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
World Championships
6	Men	2014	Elblag, POL
10	Men	2018	Netherlands
European Championships
3	Men	2019	Budapest, HUN
5	Men	2017	Porec, CRO

Executive

German

MTV Eintracht Celle [GER] / TV Guls [GER]

Michael Merten [national], GER

Setter (dbs-npc.de, 25 May 2021)

He was part of the Germany squad that won the 2011 World Organisation Volleyball for Disabled [WOVD] Standing Volleyball World Cup in Cambodia. He has also played Para beach volleyball at international level and able-bodied volleyball at club level in Germany. (cellesche-zeitung.de, 04 Jan 2017; dbs-volleyball.de, 29 Apr 2014; phnompenhpost.com, 01 Aug 2011)

He began playing volleyball at age nine, and took up sitting volleyball in 2007. (bsn-ev.de, 2015)

He went with a friend to try volleyball and enjoyed the sport. "I was always very competitive, I just took part and had a certain talent." He took up sitting volleyball because he wanted to compete at the Paralympic Games. His friend's father competed in the sport and invited him to a trial in Cologne, Germany. (dbs-npc.de, 25 May 2021; bsn-ev.de, 2015)

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (dbs-npc.de, 25 May 2021)

He trains three to four times per week, mostly strength and fitness training. (cellesche-zeitung.de, 04 Jan 2017)

"When I'm on the field, the only thing that counts for me is the team and mutual success. Then I give everything, try to motivate the guys and go beyond my limits. As a player, I have a great responsibility and the challenge of using my teammates efficiently. I just have a lot of fun with it." (bsn-ev.de, 2015)

He was named Best Setter at the 2021 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Duisburg, Germany. (paralympic.org, 07 Jun 2021)

He received the Silbernes Lorbeerblatt [Silver Laurel Leaf] in Germany in recognition of his bronze medal at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London. (saar-report.de, 07 Nov 2012)

He was named 2012 Para Athlete of the Year in Lower Saxony, Germany. (cellesche-zeitung.de, 14 Oct 2015)

He was named Best Setter of the 2011 World Organisation Volleyball for Disabled [WOVD] Standing Volleyball World Cup in Cambodia. (phnompenhpost.com, 01 Aug 2011)

He was named Best Libero of the 2004 Standing Volleyball World Championships in Mettmann, Germany. (vip.volleyball-verband.de, 01 Aug 2011)