LANG Katharina

Wheelchair Basketball

Date of Birth: 2 Jan 1993

Age: 28

Gender: Female

Sport Class: 4.5

Place of birth: MUNICH

Birth Country:

Germany

Place of residence : MUNICH

Residence Country:

Germany

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Wheelchair Basketball	Women GER Germany	4

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Musashino Forest Sport Plaza	Women's Preliminary Round Group A #06 GER Germany 77 AUS Australia 58	Finished
	Musashino Forest Sport Plaza	Women's Preliminary Round Group A #24 GBR Great Britain 35 GER Germany 53	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Women's Preliminary Round Group A #33 GER Germany 59 CAN Canada 57	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Women's Preliminary Round Group A #39 JPN Japan 54 GER Germany 59	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Women's Quarterfinal #52 GER Germany 57 ESP Spain 33	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Women's Semifinal #63 GER Germany 42 NED Netherlands 52	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Women's Bronze Medal Match #70 GER Germany 51 USA United States 64	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
World Championships
3	Women	2018	Hamburg, GER
European Championships
2	Women	2017	Tenerife, ESP
3	Women	2019	Rotterdam, NED

Kate (Athlete, 21 Aug 2021)

Travelling, reading, going to the beach. (Athlete, 21 Aug 2021)

Occupation:

Marketing - University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA

Languages spoken:

English, German

Dennis Nohl [national], GER

Sporting relatives:

Her twin sister Franziska Lang has played able-bodied basketball in Germany at elite level, including for OSB Munich. (rollt-magazin.de, 11 May 2018)

2017 for Germany Against Turkey, European Championships in Tenerife, Spain (Athlete, 21 Aug 2021)

In 2020 she underwent surgery on her left shoulder and was out of action for five months. (Athlete, 21 Aug 2021)

She has torn her anterior cruciate ligament [knee] five times - in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2014 - with each one keeping her out for between six and 12 months. (Athlete, 21 Aug 2021)

She began playing basketball at age five. After suffering several knee injuries, she began playing wheelchair basketball in 2015. (sueddeutsche.de, 09 Feb 2018)

After suffering a cruciate ligament rupture [knee] she was forced to give up able-bodied basketball. "My former coach was involved in wheelchair basketball and asked me if I wanted to give that a try."

"[I] couldn't play stand up basketball anymore." (sueddeutsche.de, 09 Feb 2018)

To win gold at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (Athlete, 21 Aug 2021)

Becoming US national champion in 2019 and 2021 while competing for the University of Alabama. (Athlete, 21 Aug 2021)

Her grandfather. (Athlete, 21 Aug 2021)

Her family. (Athlete, 21 Aug 2021)

She always straightens her hair ahead of a match. (Athlete, 21 Aug 2021)

Philosophy:

"And the journey begins." (Athlete, 21 Aug 2021)

General Interest

Classification
4.5 (IWBF, 16 Aug 2021)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (ze.tt, 19 May 2019)

Impairment Details
Her impairment is a result of knee injuries sustained playing able-bodied basketball. (sueddeutsche.de, 09 Feb 2018)

General
UNITED STATES EXPERIENCE
She is one of several German national team members to have played at the University of Alabama in the United States of America. "Of course we Germans spend a lot of time together, among other things we like to cook together, because we all miss German food. But what I miss the most is the snow, especially over Christmas. It does not quite feel the same in Alabama when it is 20 degrees Celsius." (ze.tt, 19 May 2019; rollt-magazin.de, 18 Dec 2017; frohlich.sueddeutsche.de, 09 Feb 2018)

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Legend

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

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