Germany at the 2024 Summer Paralympics explained

Npc:	GER
Country:	Germany
Year:	2024
Games:	Summer Paralympics
Flagcaption:	Flag of Germany
Npcname:	National Paralympic Committee Germany
Location:	Paris, France
Competitors:	142
Sports:	18
Flagbearer Open:	Edina Müller Martin Schulz
Flagbearer Close:	Elena Krawzow Maurice Schmidt
Rank:	11
Gold:	10
Silver:	14
Bronze:	25
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1992
See also:	(1960–1988) (1984)

Germany competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France, from 28 August to 8 September.

Medalists

See main article: 2024 Summer Paralympics medal table.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
	Germany men's national wheelchair basketball team

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

width=180	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
Archery	0	1	1
Athletics	10	16	26
Badminton	3	0	3
Boccia	1	1	2
Cycling	5	4	9
Equestrian	0	4	4
Judo	3	3	6
Paracanoeing	0	3	3
Paratriathlon	2	3	5
Rowing	4	3	7
Shooting	4	1	5
Sitting volleyball	12	0	12
Swimming	5	7	12
Table tennis	5	4	9
Wheelchair basketball	12	12	24
Wheelchair fencing	1	0	1
Wheelchair rugby	10	2	12
Wheelchair tennis	0	1	1
Total	77	65	142

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Archery at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification. Germany entered one female archers into the games by virtue of her result at the 2023 European Championships in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification. German track and field athletes achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2023 World Championships, 2024 World Championships, or through high performance allocation, as long as they meet the minimum entry standard (MES).

Track & road events

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Marcel Böttger	100 m T11	11.34	2 q	11.36	3	Did not advance
Max Marzillier	100 m T13	11.46	5	Did not advance
Phil Grolla	100 m T47	10.94	6	Did not advance
Léon Schäfer	100 m T63	12.11	1 Q	12.12	4
Johannes Floors	align=left rowspan=2	100 m T64	10.92	2 Q	10.85	4
align=left rowspan=2	Felix Streng	10.79	2 Q	10.77
200 m T64	22.31	2 Q
Max Marzillier	400 m T13	50.49	6
Johannes Floors	400 m T62	46.90

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Katrin Müller-Rottgardt	100 m T12	12.32	1 Q	12.26	1 Q	12.26 =
Isabelle Foerder	100 m T35	16.36	8
Nicole Nicoleitzik	100 m T36	11.95	6	Did not advance
Laura Burbulla	100 m T37	15.33	6	Did not advance
Lindy Ave	align=left rowspan=3	100 m T38	13.08	5	Did not advance
Friederike Brose	13.80	8	Did not advance
Nele Moos	13.38	7	Did not advance
Jule Ross	align=left rowspan=2	100 m T47	12.72	5	Did not advance
Kim Marie Vaske	13.22	8	Did not advance
Irmgard Bensusan	100 m T64	13.20	3 Q	13.31	8
Katrin Müller-Rottgardt	200 m T12	25.20	1 Q	25.15	2	Did not advance
Isabelle Foerder	200 m T35	34.39	7
Nicole Nicoleitzik	200 m T36	30.88	4 q	31.72	8
Jule Ross	align=left rowspan=2	200 m T47	25.93	4	Did not advance
Kim Marie Vaske	27.17	4	Did not advance
Irmgard Bensusan	200 m T64	27.40	2 Q	26.77
Lindy Ave	align=left rowspan=2	400 m T38	1:01.58	3 Q	1:00.37
Nele Moos	1:01.56	4 q	1:00.91	7
Jule Ross	400 m T47	1:01.08	4 q	59.47	8
align=left rowspan=4	Merle Menje	800 m T54	1:52.83	6	Did not advance
1500 m T54	3:21.86	6	Did not advance
5000 m T54	12:44.17	2 Q	11:49.97	7
Marathon T54	1:55:54	9

Field events

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Distance	Position
Andreas Walser	Long jump T12	6.73	6
Léon Schäfer	Long jump T63	6.93	4
Noah Bodelier	align=left rowspan=2	Long jump T64	6.98	6
Markus Rehm	8.13
	Shot put F40	10.56	6
Niko Kappel	Shot put F41	13.74

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Distance	Position
Katrin Müller-Rottgardt	Long jump T12	4.91	5
Laura Burbulla	Long jump T37	3.95	7
Friederike Brose	align=left rowspan=2	Long jump T38	4.35	9
Nele Moos	5.13
Jule Ross	Long jump T47	4.84	11
Charleen Kosche	Shot put F34	7.22	6
Kim Marie Vaske	Shot put F46	9.04	15
Lisa Martin Wagner	Shot put F64	10.56	7
Frances Herrmann	Javelin throw F34	17.18	5
Lise Petersen	Javelin throw F46	36.62	8
Martina Willing	Javelin throw F56	18.96	6

Badminton

See main article: Badminton at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Badminton at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification. Germany has qualified three para badminton players for the following events, through the release of BWF para-badminton Race to Paris Paralympic Ranking.

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Thomas Wandschneider	Men's singles WH1	W 2–0 (21–12, 21–17)	W 2–1 (24–22, 12–21, 21–16)		1 Q		L 0–2 (1–21, 10–21)	W 2–0 (26–24, 21–11)
Rick Cornell Hellmann	Men's singles WH2	L 1–2 (19–21, 21–9, 17–21)	L 1–2 (21–19, 17–21, 7–21)		3		Did not advance
Marcel Adam	Men's singles SL4	L 0–2 (12–21, 15–21)	L 0–2 (4–21, 15–21)		3		Did not advance
Rick Cornell Hellmann Thomas Wandschneider	Men's doubles WH1–2	L 0–2 (11–21, 17–21)	L 0–2 (15–21, 5–21)	L 0–2 (19–21, 17–21)	4		Did not advance

Boccia

See main article: Boccia at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. Boris Nicolai and Anita Raguwaran have qualified to compete.

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries				Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
	Men's individual BC4	L 0–11	L 4–5	W 6–2	3	10
Anita Raguwaran	Women's individual BC4	L 0–6	W 7–2	L 2–4	4	13

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. Germany entered two para-cyclist (one in each gender) after finished the top eligible nation's at the 2022 UCI Nation's ranking allocation ranking.^[1]

Men's road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Maximilian Jäger	Road race T1–2	1:17:09	4
Time trial T1–2	25:15.36	8
align=left rowspan=2	Matthias Schindler	Road race C1–2–3	1:50:42	11
Time trial C3	39:21.35
align=left rowspan=2	Pierre Senska	Road race C1–2–3
Time trial C1	21:58.34	4
align=left rowspan=2	Michael Teuber	Road race C1–2–3	1:58:07	19
Time trial C1	21:18.14

Women's road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Andrea Eskau	Road race H5	1:52:47	4
Time trial H4–5	26:35.88	6
align=left rowspan=2	Maike Hausberger	Road race C1–2–3	1:45:14	9
Time trial C1–2–3	21:30.45
align=left rowspan=2	Jana Majunke	Road race T1–2	1:00:24	4
Time trial T1–2	29:40.76	5
align=left rowspan=2	Annika Zeyen-Giles	Road race H1–2–3–4	56:15
Time trial H1–2–3	25:30.84

Men's track

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Pierre Senska	Time trial C1–2–3	1:11.449	10	Did not advance
Individual pursuit C1	3:45.973	4 QB	L 3:50.973	4
align=left rowspan=2	Thomas Ulbricht piloted by Robert Förstemann	Time trial B	59.480	1 Q	59.862
Individual pursuit B	5:21.994	11	Did not advance

Women's track

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Maike Hausberger	Time trial C1–2–3	38.462	3 Q	38.358
Individual pursuit C1–2–3	3:49.444	3 QB	L 3:50.985	4

Equestrian

See main article: Equestrian at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. Germany entered a full squad of four para-equestrianist into the Paralympic equestrian competition by finishing the top seven nation's at the 2022 FEI World Championships in Herning, Denmark.^{[2] [3]}

Individual

Athlete	Horse	Event	Total
			Score	Rank
Isabell Nowak	Siracusa OLD	Individual championship test grade V	71.282 %	4
		Individual freestyle test grade V	73.540 %	4
Anna-Lena Niehues	Quimbaya 6	Individual championship test grade IV	75.222 %
		Individual freestyle test grade IV	80.900 %
Regine Mispelkamp	Highlander Delight's	Individual championship test grade V	73.231 %
		Individual freestyle test grade V	79.550 %
Heidemarie Dresing	Dooloop	Individual championship test grade II	73.103 %	4
		Individual freestyle test grade II	76.127 %

Team

Athlete	Horse	Event	Individual score	Total
				Score	Rank
Anna-Lena Niehues	align=left rowspan=3	See above	align=left rowspan=3	Team	75.351 %	223.751 %
Regine Mispelkamp	75.500 %
Heidemarie Dresing	72.900 %

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. Ramona Brussig, Daniel-Rafael Goral, Nikolai Kornhaß, Tabea Müller, Lennart Saß and Isabell Thal have qualified to compete.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage round 1	Repechage round 2	Final/ Bronze medal contest
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Lennart Sass	–73 kg J1		W 10–0	L 1–10	W 10–0
Nikolai Kornhaß	–73 kg J2	L 0–10	Did not advance		L 0–10	Did not advance		9
Daniel-Rafael Goral	–90 kg J2		L 0–11	Did not advance		L 1–10	Did not advance	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage round 1	Repechage round 2	Final/ Bronze medal contest
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Tabea Müller	–48 kg J1		L 0–10	Did not advance		L 0–11	Did not advance	7
Isabell Thal	–48 kg J2		L 0–11	Did not advance		W 10–0	L 0–10	5
Ramona Brussig	–57 kg J2	L 0–11	Did not advance					9

Paracanoeing

See main article: Paracanoeing at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. Germany earned quota places for the following events through the 2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg, Germany.

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Edina Müller	Women's KL1	55.27	2 SF	57.10	1 FA	53.13
Anja Adler		54.99	3 SF	53.63	1 FA	52.17
Felicia Laberer		50.23	2 SF	48.59	1 FA	48.79

Paratriathlon

See main article: Paratriathlon at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.

Athlete	Event	Swim	Trans 1	Bike	Trans 2	Run	Total time	Rank
Max Gelhaar	Men's PTS3	11:44	1:24	33:41	0:59	20:55	1:08:43
Martin Schulz	Men's PTS5	11:27	0:52	29:35	0:40	16:45	59:19
Neele Ludwig	Women's PTS2	15:30	2:18	42:49	1:18	27:33	1:29:28	8
Anja Renner Guide: Maria Paulig	Women's PTVI	16:27	1:05	30:49	0:38	19:22	1:08:21
Elke van Engelen	Women's PTS4	18:18	1:54	36:29	0:51	24:18	1:21:50	10

Rowing

See main article: article and Rowing at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. German rowers qualified boats in each of the following classes at the 2023 World Rowing Championships in Belgrade, Serbia.

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Marcus Klemp	PR1 men's single sculls	9:26.88	4 R	9:36.29	3 FB	9:47.43	7
Jan Helmich Hermine Krumbein	PR3 mixed double sculls	7:12.07	1 FA	7:28.31
Susanne Lackner Marc Lembeck Valentin Luz Kathrin Marchand Inga Thöne (cox)	PR3 mixed coxed four	6:56.84	2 FA	7:03.17	4

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); R=Repechage

Shooting

See main article: article, Shooting at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Shooting at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification. Germany entered four para-shooter's after achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2022, 2023 and 2024 world cup, 2022 World Championships, 2023 World Championships, 2023 European Para Championships and 2024 European Championships, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by May 31, 2020.^[4]

Men

Women

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Natascha Hiltrop	align=left rowspan=2	R3 – 10 m air rifle prone SH1	633.6	9	Did not advance
Tjark Liestmann	632.5	13	Did not advance
Moritz Möbius	R5 – 10 m rifle prone SH2	628.9	31	Did not advance
Natascha Hiltrop	align=left rowspan=2	R6 – 50 m rifle prone SH1	626.3	2 Q	250.2
Cliff Junker	608.1	34	Did not advance
Moritz Möbius	R9 – 50 m rifle prone SH2	619.9	14	Did not advance
Tobias Meyer	P4 – 50 m pistol SH1	530	13	Did not advance

Sitting volleyball

See main article: Sitting volleyball at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. Germany men's national sitting volleyball team has qualified to compete by being the highest-ranked non-qualified team at the 2023 Sitting Volleyball World Cup.

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Germany secured six quotas at the 2023 World Para Swimming Championships after finishing in the top two places in Paralympic class disciplines.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Malte Braunschweig	50 m freestyle S9	26.56	13	Did not advance
100 m butterfly S9	1:02.02	8 Q	1:01.26	6
align=left rowspan=3	Taliso Engel	50 m freestyle S13	24.72	11	Did not advance
100 m breaststroke SB13	1:01.84	1 Q	1:01.90
200 m individual medley SM13
align=left rowspan=4	Philip Hebmüller	100 m backstroke S13	1:05.88	13	Did not advance
100 m breaststroke SB13	1:11.15	10	Did not advance
100 m butterfly S13	1:01.48	12	Did not advance
200 m individual medley SM13	2:20.25	9	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=4	Josia Topf	50 m freestyle S3	49.11	5 Q	45.61
200 m freestyle S3	3:51.11	6 Q	3:41.04	5
50 m backstroke S3	49.14	3 Q	47.06
150 m individual medley SM3	3:11.99	2 Q	3:00.16
align=left rowspan=2	Maurice Wetekam	100 m breaststroke SB9	1:07.79	2 Q	1:07.04
200 m individual medley SM9	2:21.71	4 Q	2:20.60	6

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
align=left rowspan=4	Gina Böttcher	100 m freestyle S5	1:33.28	11	Did not advance
50 m backstroke S4	51.40
50 m breaststroke SB3	1:12.89	11	Did not advance
150 m individual medley SM4	2:58.49	3 Q	2:57.44	4
align=left rowspan=3	Johanna Döhler	400 m freestyle S13	5:10.84	9	Did not advance
100 m breaststroke SB13	1:30.47	10	Did not advance
200 m individual medley SM13	2:51.33	12	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Elena Krawzow	50 m freestyle S13	28.18	7 Q	27.98	6
100 m breaststroke SB12	1:13.19	1 Q	1:12.54
align=left rowspan=3	Mira Jeanne Maack	400 m freestyle S8	5:19.92	9	Did not advance
100 m backstroke S8	1:19.69	3 Q	1:18.36
200 m individual medley SM8	3:05.39	12	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=4	Tanja Scholz	50 m freestyle S4	40.99	3 Q	40.75
100 m freestyle S5	1:25.78	5 Q	1:27.07	6
200 m freestyle S5	3:08.53	8 Q	3:10.27	8
150 m individual medley SM4	2:55.89	2 Q	2:51.31
align=left rowspan=5	Verena Schott	50 m freestyle S6	38.92	12	Did not advance
100 m backstroke S6	1:31.38	7 Q	1:31.71	7
100 m breaststroke SB5	1:53.87	6 Q	1:49.35	5
50 m butterfly S6	41.07	10	Did not advance
200 m individual medley SM6	3:21.73	7 Q	3:15.11	7
align=left rowspan=3	Naomi Maike Schwarz	50 m freestyle S13	28.81	14	Did not advance
100 m freestyle S12	1:02.99	5 Q	1:02.73	7
100 m backstroke S12	1:16.97	8 Q	1:15.08	8

Table tennis

See main article: Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification. Germany entered eight athletes for the Paralympic games. Thomas Schmidberger and Valentin Baus qualified for the games by virtue of the gold medal results in their respective class, through the 2023 European Para Championships held in Sheffield, Great Britain;^[5] meanwhile the other six athletes qualified for the games through the allocations of ITTF final world ranking.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Thomas Schmidberger	align=left rowspan=2	Individual C3		W 3–1	W 3–0	W 3–0	L 0–3
Thomas Brüchle		W 3–0	L 1–3	Did not advance
Valentin Baus	Individual C5			L 2–3	Did not advance
Thomas Rau	Individual C6		W 3–0	L 2–3	Did not advance
Björn Schnake	Individual C7		W 3–0	L 1–3	Did not advance
Valentin Baus Thomas Schmidberger	Doubles MD8		W 3–0	W 3–2	W 3–2	L 0–3
Thomas Rau Björn Schnake	Doubles MD14		L 0–3	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jana Spegel	Individual C1–2	W 3–0	L 0–3	Did not advance
Sandra Mikolaschek	Individual C4		W 3–0	W 3–1	W 3–1
Stephanie Grebe	Individual C6		L 0–3	Did not advance
Juliane Wolf	Individual C8		W 3–1	L 0–3	Did not advance
Sandra Mikolaschek Jana Spegel	Doubles WD10	L 2–3	Did not advance
Stephanie Grebe Juliane Wolf	Doubles WD14		W 3–1	W 3–2	L 1–3

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Valentin Baus Jana Spegel	align=left rowspan=2	Doubles XD7		L 1–3	Did not advance
Thomas Brüchle Sandra Mikolaschek		W 3–0	L 2–3	Did not advance
Thomas Rau Juliane Wolf	align=left rowspan=2	Doubles XD17	L 0–3	Did not advance
Björn Schnake Stephanie Grebe	L 0–3	Did not advance

Wheelchair basketball

See main article: Wheelchair basketball at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. Germany men and Germany women have qualified to compete by virtue of their top four results, respectively at the 2024 IWBF Men's Repechage in Antibes, France; and 2024 IWBF Women's Repechage in Osaka, Japan.

Summary

Squad	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Germany men's	Men's tournament	L 55–76	W 72–64	L 52–68	3	W 57–49	L 43–71	W 75–62
Germany women's	Women's tournament	L 44–73	W 67–55	L 48–68	3	L 53–71	W 51–45	L 39–48	6

Men's tournament

See main article: Wheelchair basketball at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Men's tournament.

Roster

Women's tournament

See main article: Wheelchair basketball at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Women's tournament.

Roster

Wheelchair fencing

See main article: Wheelchair fencing at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. Maurice Schmidt has qualified to compete.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Repechage 4	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Maurice Schmidt	Men's épée A		L 7–15	Did not advance		W 15–13	L 11–15	Did not advance
Men's sabre A		W 15–3	W 15–10	W 15–12	W 15–8

Wheelchair rugby

See main article: Wheelchair rugby at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. Germany has qualified to compete at the Paralympic games, by virtue of their top three highest ranked team results, at the 2024 Paralympic Qualification Tournament in Wellington, New Zealand.

Standings

Wheelchair tennis

See main article: Wheelchair tennis at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. Katharina Krüger has qualified to compete.

See also

• Germany at the 2024 Summer Olympics
• Germany at the Paralympics

Notes and References

1. Web site: 31 December 2022. Paris 2024 Paralympic Games Qualification - 2022 UCI Nations Ranking Allocation. UCI.
2. Web site: 20 January 2023. Para Equestrian - Paris 2024. Paris 2024.
3. Web site: 20 January 2023. FEI World Championships Herning Denmark 2022. FEI.
4. Web site: Lima 2023 Quota Allocation to Paris 2024 Day 7 28.09.2023. 29 September 2023. Paralympics. 13 October 2023.
5. News: 21 men and women qualify for 2024 Paralympics with victories in European Para Table Tennis Championship. 8 September 2023. European Table Tennis Union. 9 September 2023.