Manuela Schär (born December 5, 1984) is a

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from Switzerland, competing mainly in category T54 sprint events. She has used a wheelchair since the age of 8, when a playground accident paralyzed her from the waist down.

Career

Schär competed 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 ...

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, Greece. There she won a silver medal in the women's 200 meters (T54 event), bronze in the women's 100 meters (T54 event), and finished sixth in the women's 400 meters (T54 event). At the

2008 Summer Paralympics The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games (), the 13th Summer Paralympic Games, took place in Beijing, China, from September 6 to 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao. It was ...

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, China, she won bronze in the women's 200 meters (T54) event, finishing fourth in the 100 meters and sixth again in the women's 400 meters. She competed again in the

2012 Summer Paralympics The 2012 Summer Paralympics, branded as the London 2012 Paralympic Games, were an international Multi-sport event, multi-sport parasports event held from 29 August to 9 September 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. They were the 14th Sum ...

in London, where her best results were two fifth places. In 2017, she won the women's wheelchair category of the 121st Boston Marathon and the 37th London Marathon. In 2018, she won the women's wheelchair category of the 2018 Chicago Marathon and the 2018 TCS New York City Marathon. In 2019, she won all six

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(Tokyo,

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, London, Berlin, Chicago and New York). In 2021, she won the women's wheelchair race at the 2021 Berlin Marathon, the 2021 London Marathon, and the 2021 Boston Marathon. In 2022, she won the women's wheelchair race at the

2022 Boston Marathon The 2022 Boston Marathon was a marathon race held in Boston, Massachusetts, on April 18, 2022. It was the 126th official running of the race, and 124th time it was run on course (excluding the virtual event of 2020, and the ekiden of 1918). The ...

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Swiss Paralympic Committee The Swiss Paralympic Committee (; ; ; ) is the National Paralympic Committee in Switzerland for the Paralympic Games movement. It is a non-profit organisation that selects athletes and teams, and raises funds to send Swiss competitors to the Para ...