BIENEK Andre

Wheelchair Basketball

Date of Birth: 31 Oct 1986

Age: 34

Gender: Male

Sport Class: 3.0

Place of birth: CASTROP-RAUXEL

Birth Country:

Germany

Place of residence : ERFURT

Residence Country:

Germany

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Wheelchair Basketball	Men GER Germany	7

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Ariake Arena	Men's Preliminary Round Group B #08 USA United States 58 GER Germany 55	Finished
	Musashino Forest Sport Plaza	Men's Preliminary Round Group B #20 GER Germany 71 GBR Great Britain 59	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Men's Preliminary Round Group B #29 AUS Australia 64 GER Germany 53	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Men's Preliminary Round Group B #42 GER Germany 71 ALG Algeria 50	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Men's Preliminary Round Group B #47 GER Germany 56 IRI Islamic Rep. of Iran 53	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Men's Quarterfinal #57 ESP Spain 71 GER Germany 68	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Men's Classification Playoff 7/8 #65 GER Germany 68 CAN Canada 56	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Paralympic Games
5	Men	2008	Beijing, CHN
6	Men	2012	London, GBR
8	Men	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
World Championships
11	Men	2014	Incheon, KOR
13	Men	2018	Hamburg, GER
European Championships
4	Men	2019	Walbrzych, POL

Dre (Athlete, 21 Aug 2021)

Reading. (Athlete, 21 Aug 2021)

Occupation:

Athlete, Manager

International Business - University of Wisconsin Whitewater, United States

Partner Marie, son Matteo

Languages spoken:

English, German

RSB Thuringia Bulls [Germany]

Nicolai Zeltinger [national], GER

Position style:

2007 for Germany Against Israel, European Championships in Wetzlar, Germany (Athlete, 21 Aug 2021)

National league:

Bundesliga [GER] (rbbl.de, 31 Jul 2019)

He took up the sport at age 14 in Bochum, Germany. (Athlete, 21 Aug 2021)

He wanted to become more active (Athlete, 21 Aug 2021)

Winning a silver medal at the 2011 European Championships. (Athlete, 21 Aug 2021)

US wheelchair basketball player Jeremy Lade. (Athlete, 09 May 2016)

Philosophy:

"Courage is being scared to death and saddling up anyway." (Athlete, 09 May 2016)

He was named in the All-American team for the 2011/12 US college season. (ruhrnachrichten.de, 04 Jun 2012)

He was named in the All Star team at the 2011 European Championships in Nazareth, Israel. (facesofspinabifida.com, 30 Mar 2012)

General Interest

Classification
3.0 (IWBF, 23 Aug 2021)

Type of Impairment
Spinal Cord Injuries (Athlete, 09 May 2016)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (Athlete, 09 May 2016)

Impairment Details
He was born with spina bifida, where there is incomplete closing of the spine and membranes around the spinal cord during pregnancy. (Athlete, 09 May 2016)

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/andre.bienek.39

Legend

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

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