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Karl Quade competed for West Germany in the men's standing volleyball event at the 1988 Summer Paralympics, where he won a gold medal.[1]
Medal record
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He also competed in athletics at the 1988 Summer Paralympics, placing 4th in the men's shot put event for the A6 / A8 / A9 / L6 classifications.[1]
Dr. Karl Quade started after retire as an athlete a career as a functionary. Since 1995 he is in the board of NPC Germany. In 1996 he startet his career as the Chef de Mission of the Germany Paralympic Team. In Beijing he will be the Chef de Mission of the German Paralympics for the fourteens time. He is also the Head of the Department "Para-Sport" in the Club TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen with famose athletes like Markus Rehm, Irmgard Bensusan and Johannes Floors.
Dr. Karl Quade is a Scientist in Exercise Physiology and Biomechanics. In 1993 he got his PhD with the topic "Load and Function of lower extremities in volleyballspecific jumps". From 1989 he worked for 26 years in the Federal Institute of Sport Science in Germany (Cologne and Bonn), at the end as the deputy Director and Head of the Department "Scientific Research". In 2015 he moved into the Federal Ministry of Interior (Berlin) and was until his retirement in 2021 responsible for the international Sport Relations.
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b "Karl Quade". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
External links edit
- Karl Quade Archived 18 May 2021 at the Wayback Machine at World ParaVolley
- Karl Quade at the International Paralympic Committee
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