Results - 2015 ICF PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS (INCLUDING PARALYMPIC GAMES QUALIFICATION)

Biography

Tom KIEREY

Federation :	DEUTSCHER KANU VERBAND E. V.
Gender:	Male
Date of birth:	04/09/1994
Height (cm.) :	183
Weight (Kg.) :	100

Athlete entered in:
Men's 200m KL3 SENIOR

OTHER SPORTS:

He competed in Para bobsleigh at the 2017 World Cup event in Oberhof, Germany.

BIOGRAPHY:

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
World Championships
1	KL3	2016	Duisburg, GER	40.430
1	KL3	2015	Milan, ITA	39.270
1	K1 200m LTA	2013	Duisburg, GER	38.891
4	K1 200m LTA	2014	Moscow, RUS	40.024

PLACE OF RESIDENCE:

Berlin

OCCUPATION:

Student

LANGUAGES:

English, French, German

HIGHER EDUCATION:

Flatow-Oberschule School and Sports Centre, Berlin, GER

REASON FOR TAKING UP THE SPORT:

"Whether you are a sprinter or longer events, you have many options no matter what kind of impairment you have. Para canoe is always a solution. On the water you can also forget what is missing on land." (kanu.de, 26 Mar 2016)

MOST INFLUENTIAL PERSON IN CAREER:

His family

AMBITIONS :

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo

CLUB:

Berliner Kanu Club Borussia [Berlin, GER]

NAME OF COACH:

Arne Bandholz [national]; Jurgen Haussmann [personal] (inklusionsregatta.de, 25 Aug 2017; kanu.de, 03 Jul 2017)

OTHER INFORMATION:

Classification
KL3

Type of Impairment
Impaired muscle power (deutsche-paralympische-mannschaft.de, 2017)

Impairment Details
He has congenital talipes equinovarus, more commonly known as club foot. The condition affects his right foot (deutsche-paralympische-mannschaft.de, 2017)

CLASSIFICATION:

KL3

2015 ICF PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS (INCLUDING PARALYMPIC GAMES QUALIFICATION)
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