Britta Siegers
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Germany Siegers (centre) at a medal ceremony at the 1984 Summer Paralympics | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 4 July 1966 |
| Sport | |
| Country | Germany |
| Sport | Paralympic swimming Wheelchair tennis |
Medal record | |
Britta Siegers (born 4 July 1966) is a retired German wheelchair tennis player and Paralympic swimmer who competed in international level events. She was the first German disabled athlete to compete in two different sports at the Paralympics: she was a swimmer from 1984 to 1992 and returned twelve years later as a wheelchair tennis player at the 2004 Summer Paralympics.[1]
Siegers' first sport was swimming when she started in 1969 after she lost both of her legs in a train accident aged two years old. She swam competitively in 1984 at the Summer Paralympics and won her first medals there. Her most successful Paralympic Games was in 1992 where she won five gold medals, two silvers and one bronze medal, she narrowly missed winning her consecutive freestyle titles after being beaten by Priya Cooper in both the 50m and 100m freestyle S8.[2]
