Andrea Scherney
| File:Austrian sportspeople of the year 2008c.jpg Andrea Scherney with Thomas Geierspichler at the presentation of the Austrian Sports Personalities of the Year 2008 | ||
| Medal record | ||
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| Paralympic athletics | ||
| Representing File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria | ||
| Paralympic Games | ||
| Gold medal – first place | 1996 Atlanta | Javelin Throw – F42-44/46 |
| Gold medal – first place | 2004 Athens | Long Jump – F44/46 |
| Gold medal – first place | 2008 Beijing | Long Jump - F44 |
| Silver medal – second place | 2000 Sydney | Javelin Throw - F44 |
| Silver medal – second place | 2000 Sydney | Shot Put - F44 |
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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 1996 in Atlanta, United States continuing through 2000 in Sydney, Australia and 2004 in Athens, Greece as well as the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing 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
- IPC athlete template using only non-numeric ID
- 1966 births
- Living people
- Paralympic athletes for Austria
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Paralympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic gold medalists for Austria
- Paralympic silver medalists for Austria
- World record holders in para-athletics
- Medalists at the 1996 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Austrian female long jumpers
- Austrian female javelin throwers
- Austrian female shot putters
- Long jumpers with limb difference
- Javelin throwers with limb difference
- Shot putters with limb difference
- Paralympic long jumpers
- Paralympic javelin throwers
- Paralympic shot putters