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Torben Schmidtke (born 24 February 1989) is a German Paralympic swimmer who competes in international level events. He specialises in freestyle swimming and breaststroke swimming where he has won two Paralympic medals, two World medals and three European medals.[1]
Schmidtke was born with dysmelia in his legs and has three fingers on his left hand, he had his right foot amputated in October 2018 due to severe pain relating to his health condition. As well as swimming, he works for the German Federal Police as an IT specialist in Potsdam.[2][3]
References
- ^ "Torben Schmidtke". Team Deutschland (in German). 3 December 2020.
- ^ "Torben Schmidtke - IPC Athlete Bio". ipc.infostradasports.com. 3 December 2020.[dead link]
- ^ "Why Paralympic swimmer Torben Schmidtke wants to quit". Potsdamer (in German). 12 June 2019.
External links
- Torben Schmidtke at the International Paralympic Committee
- Torben Schmidtke at IPC.InfostradaSports.com (archived)
- Torben Schmidtke at Team Deutschland Paralympics (in German)
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