- Source: Torben Schmidtke
- Torben Schmidtke
- List of 2012 Summer Paralympics medal winners
- Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metre breaststroke SB6
- List of IPC world records in swimming – Men's long course
- Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metre breaststroke SB6
- 2013 IPC Swimming World Championships – Men's 100 metre breaststroke
- 2018 World Para Swimming European Championships – Men's 100 metres breaststroke
- Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metre breaststroke
- Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle S8
- Germany at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Torben Schmidtke (born 24 February 1989) is a German Paralympic swimmer who competes in international level events. He specialises in freestyle swimming and breaststroke swimming where he has won two Paralympic medals, two World medals and three European medals.
Schmidtke was born with dysmelia in his legs and has three fingers on his left hand, he had his right foot amputated in October 2018 due to severe pain relating to his health condition. As well as swimming, he works for the German Federal Police as an IT specialist in Potsdam.
References
External links
Torben Schmidtke at the International Paralympic Committee Torben Schmidtke at IPC.InfostradaSports.com (archived)
Torben Schmidtke at Team Deutschland Paralympics (in German)