BRAUNSCHWEIG Malte

Date of Birth: 5 Aug 2000

Age: 21

Gender: Male

Sport Class: S9

Place of birth: BERLIN

Birth Country:

Germany

Place of residence : BERLIN

Residence Country:

Germany

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Swimming	Men's 50m Freestyle - S9
	Men's 100m Backstroke - S9
	Men's 100m Butterfly - S9	8

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 50m Freestyle - S9 Heat 2	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 100m Backstroke - S9 Heat 1	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 100m Butterfly - S9 Heat 3	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 100m Butterfly - S9 Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
World Championships
9	100m Backstroke - S9	2019	London, GBR	1:06.81
12	100m Butterfly - S9	2019	London, GBR	1:03.54
14	50m Freestyle - S9	2019	London, GBR	26.75
14	100m Freestyle - S9	2019	London, GBR	58.28
European Championships
6	100m Freestyle - S9	2020	Funchal, POR	57.53
6	100m Freestyle - S9	2018	Dublin, IRL	59.24
6	4x100m Medley Relay - 34 Points	2018	Dublin, IRL	4:47.18
7	100m Backstroke - S9	2020	Funchal, POR	1:07.53
7	100m Butterfly - S9	2018	Dublin, IRL	1:05.90
9	100m Butterfly - S9	2020	Funchal, POR	1:02.96
10	200m Individual Medley - SM9	2020	Funchal, POR	2:29.90
11	200m Individual Medley - SM9	2018	Dublin, IRL	2:34.57
13	50m Freestyle - S9	2020	Funchal, POR	26.94
13	50m Freestyle - S9	2018	Dublin, IRL	27.89
13	100m Backstroke - S9	2018	Dublin, IRL	1:10.23
DSQ	4x100m Freestyle Relay - 34 Points	2018	Dublin, IRL	DSQ

Listening to music, playing video games, socialising with friends, cooking, photography. (Athlete, 20 Aug 2018, 22 Aug 2021)

Occupation:

Building and Construction Engineering - Berlin School of Economics and Law, Germany

Languages spoken:

English, German

Berliner Schwimmteam [GER] / SG Neukolln Berlin [GER]

Ute Schinkitz [national]

Sporting relatives:

His older brother Ole has competed in able-bodied swimming, and represented Germany at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (SportsDeskOnline, 23 Aug 2021; berliner-zeitung.de, 15 Nov 2019)

2018 for Germany (Athlete, 20 Aug 2018)

He began swimming at age five at the BSV Medizin Marzahn club in Berlin, Germany. (berliner-zeitung.de, 15 Nov 2019; Athlete, 22 Aug 2021)

He wanted to be a footballer but his parents said that swimming would help his impairment. He also followed his older brother Ole into the sport. (berliner-zeitung.de, 15 Nov 2019; Athlete, 22 Aug 2021)

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (Instagram profile, 23 Feb 2021; jtfp.de, 19 Sep 2018)

Securing his place to compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games, and being crowned European youth champion on three occasions. (Athlete, 22 Aug 2021, 20 Aug 2018)

German swimmer [and his brother] Ole Braunschweig, South African swimmer Chad le Clos. (Athlete, 22 Aug 2021)

His brother, his parents, and coaches Phillip Semechin and Maik Zeh. (Athlete, 20 Aug 2018)

Philosophy:

"If you fall, get up and keep fighting." (morgenpost.de, 19 Nov 2017)

General Interest

Classification
S9, SB9, SM9 (IPC, 23 Aug 2021)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (berliner-schwimmteam.de, 01 Dec 2012)

Impairment Details
He was born with an underdeveloped right arm [dysmelia]. (Athlete, 20 Aug 2018; deutsche-paralympische-mannschaft.de, 01 Jan 2017)

Social Media

Legend

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

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