SCHNAKE Bjoern

Date of Birth: 13 Dec 1971

Age: 49

Gender: Male

Sport Class: 7

Place of birth: HILDESHEIM

Birth Country:

Germany

Place of residence : HILDESHEIM

Residence Country:

Germany

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Table Tennis	Men's Team - Classes 6-7 GER Germany	3
	Men's Singles - Class 7	5

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 3	Men's Singles - Class 7 Group D #9 GER SCHNAKE BSCHNAKE Bjoern Sport Class: 7 1 ESP MORALES JMORALES Jordi Sport Class: 7 3	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 4	Men's Singles - Class 7 Group D #16 GER SCHNAKE BSCHNAKE Bjoern Sport Class: 7 3 COL VARGAS JVARGAS Jose Sport Class: 7 2	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 1	Men's Singles - Class 7 Round of 16 #23 GER SCHNAKE BSCHNAKE Bjoern Sport Class: 7 3 BRA SALMIN FILHO PSSALMIN FILHO Paulo Sergio Sport Class: 7 0	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 2	Men's Singles - Class 7 Quarterfinal 4 #30 GER SCHNAKE BSCHNAKE Bjoern Sport Class: 7 0 GBR BAYLEY WBAYLEY William Sport Class: 7 3	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 1	Men's Team - Classes 6-7 Quarterfinal 2 #3 GER Germany 2 THA Thailand 1	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 1	Men's Team - Classes 6-7 Semifinal 1 #6 CHN China 2 GER Germany 0	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Spending time with his children, travelling, sport. (Athlete, 22 Aug 2021)

Occupation:

Economics, Mathematics, Pedagogy - University of Oldenburg, Germany

Partner Jamila, three children Fynn, Tom and Lotta

Languages spoken:

English, French, German

TSV Thiede 1900 [GER] / TTS Borsum [GER]

Volker Ziegler [national], GER; Momcilo Bojic

Other sports:

He has competed in able-bodied table tennis at club level in Germany for TTS Borsum. (mytischtennis.de, 15 Jan 2021)

He took up table tennis at age six and began competing in Para table tennis at state level in Germany in 2019. (mytischtennis.de, 15 Jan 2021; kam-on.de, 14 Jan 2020; Athlete, 22 Aug 2021)

His father introduced him to table tennis. In 2019 he met Johannes Urban, a Para table tennis official from Lower Saxony, Germany, who encouraged him to pursue the sport. "At an able-bodied tournament, a Para table tennis player asked me why I wasn't active in Para sports. Up until that point I was not aware that my congenital metabolic disease could allow me to play in Para events." (mytischtennis.de, 15 Jan 2021; kam-on.de, 14 Jan 2020; Athlete, 22 Aug 2021)

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (mytischtennis.de, 15 Jan 2021)

His father. (Athlete, 22 Aug 2021)

Philosophy:

"Focus on playing just the next ball." (Athlete, 22 Aug 2021)

General Interest

Classification
TT7 (ipttc.org, 01 Aug 2021)

Impairment Details
He has vitamin D-resistant rickets and hypophosphatemia [low levels of phosphate in the blood]. His bone metabolism is affected, which limits his mobility. (mytischtennis.de, 15 Jan 2021; kam-on.de, 14 Jan 2020)

General
OCCUPATION
He works as a group solution manager for a systems and consulting services company in Germany. (LinkedIn profile, 26 Apr 2021)

FURTHER EDUCATION
He has also studied at the Technical University of Braunschweig in Germany. (LinkedIn profile, 26 Apr 2021)

Social Media

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/björn-schnake-0800aa93

Legend

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

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