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Basketball · Germany

Gesche Schünemann

Gesche Schünemann (born 18 November 1982) is a German former wheelchair basketball player and Paralympian who was part of the team that took the silver medal in the women's wheelchair basketball at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, and the gold medal-winning team in wheelchair basketball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London. After a promising basketball career was cut short by an Anterior cruciate ligament injury when she was a teenager, Schünemann took up wheelchair basketball, playing her first game in 2000. She went on to win five national championships with RSV Lahn-Dill.

Profile details

Born
18 Nov 1982
Birthplace
Giessen
Country
Germany
Position
center
Sport
Basketball
Discipline
Team
Category
Women
Status
Active

District, height, weight, playing style, coach, academy, national ranking and international ranking are not yet recorded for this athlete.

Honours & Awards

  • ▸Silbernes Lorbeerblatt

Competition Appearances

5 recorded appearances, most significant first.

  • ·2016 Summer Paralympics
  • ·2012 Summer Paralympics
  • ·2008 Summer Paralympics
  • ·2010 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship
  • ·2014 Women's World Wheelchair Basketball Championship

Career Timeline

  1. 2008Competed at 2008 Summer Paralympics
  2. 2010Competed at 2010 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship
  3. 2012Competed at 2012 Summer Paralympics
  4. 2014Competed at 2014 Women's World Wheelchair Basketball Championship
  5. 2016Competed at 2016 Summer Paralympics

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About

Gesche Schünemann (born 18 November 1982) is a German former wheelchair basketball player and Paralympian who was part of the team that took the silver medal in the women's wheelchair basketball at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, and the gold medal-winning team in wheelchair basketball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London. After a promising basketball career was cut short by an Anterior cruciate ligament injury when she was a teenager, Schünemann took up wheelchair basketball, playing her first game in 2000. She went on to win five national championships with RSV Lahn-Dill.

Biography adapted from Gesche Schünemann on Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Teams

RSV Lahn-Dill