Jörg Frischmann is a Paralympic athlete from

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

. He is classified F43, and competes mainly in shot put and javelin events.

Biography

Joerg has competed in the Paralympics on four occasions. His first was in

Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...

1992 1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General. * January 6 ** The Republ ...

, where he won gold in the shot put and silver in the javelin. His next appearance was 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 ...

where he won silver in the shot put. He also competed in the pentathlon and javelin. In

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 ...

he reverted to competing in the javelin and shot put, winning bronze medals in both events. His final appearance was in the

2004 Summer Paralympics The 2004 Summer Paralympics (), the 12th Summer Paralympic Games, were a major international multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities governed by the International Paralympic Committee, held in Athens, Greece, from 17 to 28 September ...

where he only competed in the shot put and was unable to finish among the medals. His 14.21 m shot put throw at the Atlanta Paralympics still stands as the T43 world record today. After studying sport sciences at the German Sport University in Cologne, Frischmann has been working as the Director of Sport for Persons with a Disability at TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen since 1998.

References

Paralympic athletes for Germany Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Paralympics 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 Paralympic gold medalists for Germany Paralympic silver medalists for Germany Paralympic bronze medalists for Germany Living people World record holders in para-athletics Medalists at the 1992 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Year of birth missing (living people) Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) German male javelin throwers German male shot putters Javelin throwers with limb difference Shot putters with limb difference Paralympic javelin throwers Paralympic shot putters 20th-century German sportsmen {{Germany-athletics-bio-stub