Torben Schmidtke

Torben Schmidtke
Personal information
Born	24 February 1989 (age 35); Schwerin, West Germany
Height	155 cm (5 ft 1 in)
Weight	59 kg (130 lb)
Sport
Country	Germany
Sport	Paralympic swimming
Disability	Dysmelia
Disability class	S8, SB7, SM8
Club	SC Potsdam
Medal record
Paralympic swimming
Representing Germany
Paralympic Games
World Championships
European Championships

Torben Schmidtke (born 24 February 1989) is a German Paralympic swimmer who competes in international level events. He specialises in freestyle swimming and breaststroke swimming where he has won two Paralympic medals, two World medals and three European medals.^[1]

Schmidtke was born with dysmelia in his legs and has three fingers on his left hand, he had his right foot amputated in October 2018 due to severe pain relating to his health condition. As well as swimming, he works for the German Federal Police as an IT specialist in Potsdam.^[2]^[3]

References

^ "Torben Schmidtke". Team Deutschland (in German). 3 December 2020.
^ "Torben Schmidtke - IPC Athlete Bio". ipc.infostradasports.com. 3 December 2020.^{[dead link]}
^ "Why Paralympic swimmer Torben Schmidtke wants to quit". Potsdamer (in German). 12 June 2019.

External links

Torben Schmidtke at the International Paralympic Committee
Torben Schmidtke at IPC.InfostradaSports.com (archived)
Torben Schmidtke at Team Deutschland Paralympics (in German)

[1] "Torben Schmidtke". Team Deutschland (in German). 3 December 2020.

[2] "Torben Schmidtke - IPC Athlete Bio". ipc.infostradasports.com. 3 December 2020.^{[dead link]}

[3] "Why Paralympic swimmer Torben Schmidtke wants to quit". Potsdamer (in German). 12 June 2019.

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