born april point wheelchair basketball forward plays german wheelchair basketball league played national team winning silver medal summer paralympics seoul retired soon staged comeback rejoining national team went win european championships gold medal summer paralympics london president awarded team germany highest sporting honour biography born april played wheelchair basketball german national team won summer paralympics seoul considered strongest wheelchair basketball player point class german team went tournament undefeated final match lost united_states bitter defeat blamed tactical error german coach later conceded defeat years early 1990s quit basketball focus work married changing surname raised children summer felt overweight unfit low diet daily exercise gym pool saw weight drop kilograms year decided try wheelchair basketball retrieved old basketball chair somewhat basement sought game old team debut game seconds saw basketball officials reaching old chair type seen legal eager develop young players let play seconds caught attention national coach looking notch point player rejoined national team played new teammates born team went win european championships treatment contrasted national team mate received endorsements train hall got trained outdoors june named team competed summer paralympic games london age oldest wheelchair basketball player gold medal match team faced australia women national wheelchair basketball team team beaten sydney months defeated australians crowd north arena win gold medal germany won women wheelchair basketball years awarded president november named team year gold medal victory removed pain loss years das hat mit seoul reconciled seoul said achievements gold france silver paralympic games seoul south_korea gold israel gold paralympic games london england awards team year
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