Verena Schott
Schott at a medal ceremony at the 2012 Paralympics
Personal information
NationalityGerman
Born (1989-03-06) 6 March 1989
Greifswald, Bezirk Rostock, East Germany (now Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania)
Sport
Disability classS7, SB5, SM6
Medal record
Women's para swimming
Representing  Germany
Paralympic Games
Silver medal – second place2012 London200 m medley SM6
Bronze medal – third place2020 Tokyo200 m medley SM6
Bronze medal – third place2020 Tokyo100 m breaststroke SB5
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo 100 m backstroke S6
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2015 Glasgow100 m breaststroke SB5
Gold medal – first place2023 Manchester100 m breaststroke SB5
Silver medal – second place2010 Eindhoven100 m breaststroke SB5
Silver medal – second place2010 Eindhoven200 m medley SM6
Silver medal – second place2013 Montreal200 m medley SM6
Silver medal – second place2023 Manchester200 m medley SM6
Silver medal – second place2023 Manchester50 m butterfly S6
Bronze medal – third place2013 Montreal100 m breaststroke SB5
Bronze medal – third place2015 Glasgow200 m medley SM6
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2016 Funchal100 m backstroke S7
Silver medal – second place 2009 Reykjavik 400 m freestyle – S7
Silver medal – second place2009 Reykjavik50 metre butterfly S7
Silver medal – second place2009 Reykjavik100 metre backstroke S7
Silver medal – second place2009 Reykjavik50 m freestyle – S7
Silver medal – second place2009 Reykjavik100 m freestyle – S7
Silver medal – second place2016 Funchal400 m freestyle S7
Bronze medal – third place2009 Reykjavik200 m individual medley SM6
Bronze medal – third place2016 Funchal100 m freestyle S7
Bronze medal – third place2016 Funchal200 m individual medley SM6
Bronze medal – third place2016 Funchal200m medley SM6

Verena Schott (born 6 March 1989) is a German paraswimmer and Paralympic medal winner.

Biography

Schott was born in 1989 in Greifswald. At the age of three, she and her family moved to Bennewitz, Saxony; when she was eight, she took up swimming and joined a swimming club in nearby Wurzen. In 2002, she was severely injured riding her bicycle when a van hit her while overtaking. This left her with incomplete paraplegia and she now uses a wheelchair.[1] She competes in the S7, SM6 and SB5 classifications.[2]

In 2010 Schott left the club in Leipzig where she had been training when she moved to Berlin to study biology at the Humboldt University of Berlin. There she began training with Matthias Ulm at Berlin's Paralympic Sport Club (PSC Berlin).[1][3] She had a son, Lean, in June 2011.[3]

Schott competed at the 2010 IPC Swimming World Championships where she won silver medals in the SB5 100 m breaststroke and SM6 200 m individual medley.[2][3] At the London 2012 Paralympics she reached the finals in four disciplines and won the silver medal in the SM6 200 m medley, coming second to Ellie Simmonds,[4] who posted a world record time.[5] At the 2013 World Championships she again came second in the 200 m medley, as well as winning bronze in the 100 m breaststroke.[2]

Schott was at the World Para Swimming Allianz Championships in 2019 in London. She competed in the 100m backstroke S6 and took gold beating the world record holder Song Lingling.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 Pöls, Matthias (29 August 2012). "Von Bennewitz ins Olympia-Becken". Leipziger Volkszeitung (in German). Archived from the original on 21 December 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 Infostrada Sports. "Biographies". International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 20 April 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2014. (search for "Schott")
  3. 1 2 3 "Unsere Athleten für London 2012" (PDF). Sport in Berlin (in German). Landessportbund Berlin. September 2012. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  4. ↑ "Zwei WM Medaillen für Verena Schott" (in German). Humboldt University of Berlin. 19 August 2013. Archived from the original on 6 November 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  5. ↑ Hope, Nick (3 September 2012). "Paralympics 2012: Ellie Simmonds wins second gold of Games". BBC. Archived from the original on 9 March 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  6. ↑ "London 2019: Alice Tai's fourth gold ends Long unbeaten run". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
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