Athlete Profile: Geert Schipper H2

Geert Schipper H2

Netherlands
Born: 1977

Starts

27

Podiums

24

Wins

13 Biography

He has an incomplete spinal cord injury from a flying accident in 2004. He is the founder of Sportisleven, which organizes sporting clinics and adventures trips for disabled people. He made his debut in paratriathlon in 2014, at the Netherlands National Championships. Since then, he’s been on the podium in most of the races he’s done, both in Long Distance and Sprint events.

Recent Highlights

- 2nd place at the 2017 ITU World Triathlon Grand Final Rotterdam;
- Winner of the 2017 Edmonton ITU World Paratriathlon Series;
- Winner of the 2016 NED Paratriathlon National Championships;
- Winner of the 2017 Yokohama ITU World Paratriathlon Series;
- 2nd place at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Paralympic Games; and
- 4th place at the 2017 Kitzbühel ETU Triathlon European Championships.

Latest Athlete Results

2	2018 ITU World Triathlon Grand Final Gold Coast 15 Sep, 2018 - PTWC Men - 00:59:02
1	2018 Tartu ETU Triathlon European Championships 19 Jul, 2018 - PTWC Men - 01:03:11
2	2018 Iseo - Franciacorta ITU World Paratriathlon Series 30 Jun, 2018 - PTWC Men - 01:01:47
2	2018 NED Sprint Triathlon National Championships 02 Jun, 2018 - PTWC Men - 00:59:39
2	2018 Yokohama ITU World Paratriathlon Series 12 May, 2018 - PTWC Men - 00:58:56
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Athlete Fact Sheet

Given Name	Geert
Family Name	Schipper H2
Representing	NED
Year of Birth	1977
Place of Birth	Wognum
Coach	Bas de Bruin
Sponsors	Raboabank, Schouten Techniek
Hobbies	wood working making funiture
Twitter	@GeertSchipper
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