Tanja Scholz

Tanja Scholz (born 29 June 1984) is a German Paralympic swimmer, who won the 150m medley SM4 event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics, and came second in the 50 m freestyle S4 event. She is a seven-time World Champion and won a bronze medal at the 2024 World Para Swimming European Open Championships.

Personal life Scholz is from Elmshorn, Schleswig-Holstein, West Germany. She has three children. Scholz was diagnosed with paraplegia after a horse riding accident in June 2020, and has used a wheelchair since.

Career Scholz started competing in competitive para swimming in January 2021; At the World Series event in Aberdeen, Scotland, she set the world record in the 100 metres freestyle S4 competition.

Scholz won five medals at the 2022 World Para Swimming Championships. She won gold medals in the 50, 100 and 200 metre freestyle S4 events and won bronze medals in the 50 metre backstroke S4 and 150 metre medley SM3 competitions. She won the 100 metre freestyle and 150 metre medley events within 20 minutes of each other, and also finished second in the final of the 5 metre breaststroke SB2 event.

At the 2024 Summer Paralympics, Scholz won the 150m medley SM4 event, and came second in the 50 m freestyle S4 event.