Isabelle Foerder (born 7 July 1979) is a

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from

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, competing mainly in category T37 sprint events.

Biography

Isabelle Foerder competed in four consecutive paralympics games, starting in

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

. These were the only games where she competed in long; every other time, including 1996, she competed in the 100m and 200m. She has had most success in the 100m w,inning silver in 1996,

2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

and

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

, while she has also won a silver (1996) and bronze (2004) in the 200m.profile on paralympic.org
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* * 1979 births Living people German female sprinters Paralympic athletes for Germany Paralympic silver medalists for Germany Paralympic bronze medalists for Germany Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) 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 Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics 21st-century German sportswomen 20th-century German sportswomen {{Germany-sprint-bio-stub