Krige Schabort

Krige Schabort
Medal record
Paralympic athletics
Representing  South Africa
Paralympic Games
2000 Sydney Marathon - T54

Krige Schabort is a paralympic athlete from South Africa competing mainly in category T54 distance events. He started to represent the USA after 2012.

Biography

Krige competed in the 1500m, 5000m, 10000m and marathon at the 2000 Summer Paralympics winning the silver medal in the T54 marathon. This was a feat he could not match in 2004 when competing in the 5000m, 10000m and marathon he failed to medal.[1] He moved to America in 2012 and now represents United States at the Paralympics.[2]

Schabort is a five-time Falmouth Road Race champion in the wheelchair division, winning most recently in August 12, 2012, with a time of 23 minutes, 53 seconds. He also won the Falmouth Mile race the night before, with a time of 3:20.

He lost his legs in 1987 during the South African Border War.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Paralympic Results & Historical Records". Retrieved 16 September 2016.
  2. ↑ "Paralympic Results & Historical Records". Retrieved 16 September 2016.
  3. ↑ Union, International Triathlon. "Athlete Profile: Krige Schabort - ITU World Triathlon Series". Retrieved 16 September 2016.


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