Natascha Hiltrop

Germany Shooting Para sport 19 July 1992

Bonn, GER

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Data	Value
Impairment Information
Type of Impairment	Spinal Cord Injuries
Origin of Impairment	Congenital
Classification	SH1
Further Personal Information
Residence	Wiesbaden, GER
Occupation	Manager
Languages	German
Sport Specific Information
When and where did you begin this sport?	She first tried the sport in 2004.
Why this sport?	A friend of her brother's took her to a shooting club in Osthessen, Germany. She enjoyed the sport immediately.
Club / Team	SV Lengers 1964: Heringen, GER
Name of coach	Rudi Krenn [national], GER
Handedness	Right
General Interest
Awards and honours	She was named Para Athlete of the Year in Hesse, Germany, for 2014, 2016, 2019 and 2020. (hersfelder-zeitung.de, 24 Sep 2019; hbrs.de, 17 Dec 2020) In 2019 she received a plaque of honour from the city of Heringen, Germany. (hersfelder-zeitung.de, 21 Jul 2019) She was named the International Paralympic Committee [IPC] Athlete of the Month for October 2013. (paralympic.org, 2013)
Ambitions	To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (teamdeutschland-paralympics.de, 25 Aug 2019)
Impairment	She was born with incomplete paraplegia. She is able to walk but finds it difficult to keep her balance. (sportpresseportal.de, 18 Nov 2013)

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