SCHIWY Lukas

Sitting Volleyball

Date of Birth: 21 Oct 1994

Age: 26

Gender: Male

Sport Class: VS1

Place of birth: COLOGNE

Birth Country:

Germany

Place of residence : COLOGNE

Residence Country:

Germany

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Sitting Volleyball	Men GER Germany	6

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Makuhari Messe Hall A	Men's Preliminaries Pool B #03 IRI Islamic Rep. of Iran 3 GER Germany 0	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall A	Men's Preliminaries Pool B #07 GER Germany 1 CHN China 3	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall A	Men's Preliminaries Pool B #10 BRA Brazil 1 GER Germany 3	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall A	Men's 5-6 Classification #14 EGY Egypt 3 GER Germany 2	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Paralympic Games
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

Occupation:

Business Administration - University of Cologne, Germany

Languages spoken:

English, German

TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen [Germany] since 2002

Martin Blechschmidt [club], GER; Michael Merten [national], GER

2013 for Germany (Athlete, 21 Aug 2021)

He began playing sitting volleyball in 2005 at TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen in Germany. (Athlete, 21 Aug 2021; Sitting Volleyball Team Germany Facebook page, 15 Dec 2015)

"I started sport with gymnastics and then swimming. Then when I was about [age] 10, I met Joerg Firschmann and he told me about a new project for youth sitting volleyball. This was the first project for children in Germany in this sport and I am now so happy that I found it." (players.moonfruit.com, 21 Oct 2012)

Being part of the Germany sitting volleyball team at the Paralympic Games in 2016 and 2020. (Athlete, 21 Aug 2021)

His father. (Athlete, 21 Aug 2021)

German sitting volleyball player Sigmund Soicke. (Athlete, 21 Aug 2021)

He listens to music before he plays. (Athlete, 21 Aug 2021)

Philosophy:

"Do what you can with what you have, wherever you are." (Sitting Volleyball Team Germany Facebook page, 15 Dec 2015)

General Interest

Classification
VS1 (worldparavolley.org, 12 Dec 2020)

Type of Impairment
Limb deficiency (rp-online.de, 28 Oct 2009)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (rp-online.de, 28 Oct 2009)

Impairment Details
He was born with underdeveloped lower limbs. His right leg ends below the thigh, while his left is shortened and has just one toe. (rp-online.de, 28 Oct 2009)

General
OTHER STUDIES
After graduating with a bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of Cologne in Germany, he began studying for a master's degree in business administration at the same university. (vielfalt.uni-koeln.de, 19 Nov 2020)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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