Tom Habscheid

Tom Habscheid
Personal information
Born (1986-08-11) 11 August 1986 (age 38)
Sport
CountryLuxembourg
SportPara-athletics
DisabilityProximal femoral focal deficiency
Disability class
  • T63 (2018 – present)
  • T42 (until 2018)
Events
Medal record
Men's para-athletics
Representing  Luxembourg
Paralympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris Shot put F63
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2017 London Discus throw F42
Silver medal – second place 2019 Dubai Shot put F63
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2014 Swansea Discus throw F42
Silver medal – second place 2016 Grosseto Discus thow F42
Silver medal – second place 2018 Berlin Shot put F63
Silver medal – second place 2018 Berlin Discus throw F63
Silver medal – second place 2021 Bydgoszcz Shot put F63
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Grosseto Shot put F42

Tom Habscheid (born 11 August 1986)[1] is a Paralympic athlete from Luxembourg. He is a two-time silver medalist at the World Para Athletics Championships and a six-time medalist at the World Para Athletics European Championships.[2]

Habscheid represented Luxembourg at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan.[3] Habscheid won a bronze medal at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France, becoming the first medal won by Luxembourg since the 1984 Summer Paralympics.[4]

  1. ^ "Men's shot put F63" (PDF). 2019 World Para Athletics Championships. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Tom Habscheid breaks world record in shotput category, wins silver medal". RTL Today. 11 November 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Athletics HABSCHEID Tom". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 3 September 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  4. ^ "Luxembourg's Tom Habscheid wins bronze in the Shot Put F63". RTL Today. 7 September 2024. Retrieved 7 September 2024.