Franziska Liebhardt (born 5 January 1982) is a Paralympic

athlete An athlete (also sportsman or sportswoman) is a person who competes in one or more sports that involve physical strength, speed, or endurance. Athletes may be professionals or amateurs. Most professional athletes have particularly well-devel ...

from Germany. She competes in throwing events in the F37 classification and in the long jump in the T37 classification. , she holds the women's F37 world record in the

shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. The shot put competition for men has been a part of the modern Olympics since their revival in 1896, and women's ...

, which she set whilst competing at the

2016 Summer Paralympics ) , nations = 159 , athletes = 4,342 , opening = 7 September , closing = 18 September , opened_by = President Michel Temer , cauldron = Clodoaldo Silva , events = 528 in 22 sports , stadium = Maracanã , sum ...

in Rio de Janeiro.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Liebhardt, Franziska 1982 births Living people German female shot putters German female long jumpers Paralympic athletes for Germany Paralympic gold medalists for Germany Paralympic silver medalists for Germany Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics World record holders in para-athletics Athletes from Berlin