Andrea Scherney
 Andrea Scherney with Thomas Geierspichler at the presentation of the Austrian Sports Personalities of the Year 2008 | ||
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Paralympic athletics
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Representing  Austria
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1996 Atlanta | Javelin Throw – F42-44/46 |
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2004 Athens | Long Jump – F44/46
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2008 Beijing | Long Jump - F44 |
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2000 Sydney | Javelin Throw - F44 |
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2000 Sydney | Shot Put - F44 |
Andrea Scherney is a
Paralympic athlete from Austria competing the F44 classification
for single below-knee amputees.
Career
Scherney has competed in four Paralympic Games, starting in
China
. She has competed in various events at each and has always won at least one medal, gold in the javelin for F42-44/46 in 1996, long jump for F44/46 in 2004 and for F44 in 2008 and silvers in both the F44 shot put and javelin in 2000.
She holds the world record in the P44 pentathlon,[1] an event combining long jump, shot put, 100m sprint, discus and 400m run.[2]
Private
Werner Groiß, an Austrian politician, is one of her cousin's.
References
- ^ "IPC Athletics World Records". International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 2013-01-18.
- ^ "IPC Athletics Rule and Regulations" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 October 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
External links
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