Léon Schäfer
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Medal record
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Léon Gabrial Schäfer (born 13 June 1997) is a
events at international level events and is a current world record holder in the men's long jump T63.Career
He has
men's long jump T42 where he narrowly missed the bronze medal and will be representing Germany at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan.[1][2][3]
Personal life
When Schäfer was twelve years old, he went
bone cancer. After the diagnosis, he started chemotherapy and they operated on the affected bone part of his shin and inserted an iron rod but his foot didn't accept the rod and it developed gangrene and he ended up having part of his right leg to be amputated.[4]
References
- ^ "Leon Schaefer - IPC Athlete Bio". ipc.infostradasports.com. Archived from the original on 29 August 2022. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
- ^ "Athletics Top Team - Leon Schaefer". TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen.
- ^ "Leon Schafer". Team Deutschland (in German). Archived from the original on 11 November 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
- ^ "Leon Schaefer interview". Spox (in German). 6 January 2020. Archived from the original on 24 January 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
External links
- Léon Schäfer at the International Paralympic Committee
- Léon Schäfer at IPC.InfostradaSports.com (archived)
- Léon Schäfer at Team Deutschland Paralympics (in German)