Anne Patzwald

Anne Patzwald (born 2 July 1989, in Guben, East Germany) is a German 1.0 point wheelchair basketball player, who played for the German national team at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, winning silver. President Joachim Gauck awarded the team Germany's highest sporting honour, the Silbernes Lorbeerblatt (Silver Laurel Leaf).

Biography Anne Patzwald was born in Guben on 2 July 1989. Playing sport was a part of her rehabilitation, and she considered wheelchair basketball, table tennis and badminton. When she returned home, she found that one of her neighbours played wheelchair basketball, and began playing in the local league too.

Patzwald trained as an occupational therapist at a school in Bielefeld- that did not require school fees and was wheelchair accessible. Since September 2017, she has worked at . The clinic has a record of hiring athletes, who double as role models, and is generous allowing them to take time off for national team training and competitions. Its staff includes fellow national wheelchair basketball team member Maya Lindholm, paracanoeist (and former team member) Edina Müller, and former team member Simone Kues.

Achievements 2015: Gold at European Championships (Worcester, England) 2016: Silver at the Paralympic Games (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) 2017: Silver European Championships (Tenerife, Spain) 2018: Bronze at the World Championships (Hamburg, Germany)