German Paralympic athlete (born 1995)
Niko Kappel (born 1 March 1995) is a German Paralympic athlete of short stature.[ 1] represented Germany at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and he won the gold medal in the men's shot put F41 event.[ 1] represented Germany at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan and he won the bronze medal in the men's shot put F41 event.
Career
At the 2015 World Championships held in Doha, Qatar, he won the silver medal in the men's shot put F41 event. He also won the silver medal in the men's shot put F40/F41 event at the 2016 European Championships . At the 2017 World Championships he won the gold medal in the men's shot put F41 event and he won the silver medal in the men's shot put F41 event at the 2018 European Championships .[ 2] [ 3]
In 2016 and 2017, Kappel won the German Sportspersonality of the Year award in his category (male athletes with a disability).
He won the bronze medal in his event at the 2021 European Championships held in Bydgoszcz, Poland.
At the "Jump & Fly"-Meeting in Hechingen in May 2024, Kappel set the world record for shot put F41 with a distance of 15.07 meters, also making him the first shot put F41 athlete to surpass the 15.00 meter mark.[ 4]
Kappel competed in the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games and won the silver medal in the men's shot put F41 event.[ 5]
References
External links
Niko Kappel at Wikimedia Commons
