Krige Schabort
South African Paralympic athlete
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Krige Schabort (born 9 September 1963)[1] is a paralympic athlete from South Africa competing mainly in category T54 distance events. He started to represent the US after 2012.
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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.[2] He moved to America in 2012 and now represents United States at the Paralympics.[3]
Schabort is a five-time Falmouth Road Race champion in the wheelchair division, winning most recently on 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.[4]
