Christiane Reppe
Reppe in 2015
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| Nationality | German | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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August 21, 1987 Dresden, Germany |
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S9 (swimming) H4 (cycling) |
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| Club | GC Nendorf | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Patrick Kromer (national) Ralf Lindschulten (personal) |
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Medal record
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Christiane Reppe (born August 21, 1987) is a German disability swimmer, and cyclist who has competed at three Summer Paralympics. To date her most successful Games was the 2004 Games in Athens where she won two bronze medals, in the 100m and 400m freestyle S9 events. As a handcyclist she is a two time UCI Para-cycling World Champion.
Reppe was born in Dresden in 1987. In 1992 a tumor was discovered in her right leg. The resulting treatment saw her leg amputated.
Reppe's first major international competition was the 2002 IPC Swimming World Championships in Mar del Plata in Argentina. Still a youth, she entered five events winning bronze in the 400m freestyle.
Reppe was 17 years-old when she first represented Germany at a Summer Paralympics; the 2004 Games in Beijing. There she took part in six events, three individual and three relay events. She won two bronze medals, in the 100m freestyle (S9) and the 400m fresstyle (S9). For her Paralympic achievements in Beijing she was awarded the Silbernes Lorbeerblatt (Silver Laurel Leaf).
In 2006, she took part in her second World Championships, this time in Durban, South Africa. Reppe entered eight events and won her third World bronze when she was part of the German women's 4 × 100 m relay team. Two years later she represented her country in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing. She entered four events, all individual. She only managed to qualify for one final, the 400m freestyle (S9), where she finished sixth in a time of 4:51.59.
Reppe took part in both the 2010 IPC Swimming World Championships in Durban and the 2011 IPC Swimming World Championships in Berlin, but failed to medal in either of the Championships. At the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London she entered three events, the 100m and 400m freestyle (S9) and the 100m backstroke (S9). She managed to qualify for both the 100m backstroke and 400m freestyle finals, finishing 8th an 5th respectively.
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