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Gesche Schnemann is a German wheelchair basketball player and Paralympian who was part of the team that took the silver medal in the womens wheelchair basketball at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, and the gold medal winning team in wheelchair basketball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London.

Gesche Schnemann was born in Gieen onNovember 1982. She was a swimmer and basketball player. Playing in a seconds game against TSV Grnberg, she was knocked down by Magdalena von Geyr160 , resulting in a torn anterior cruciate ligament and cartilage damage. Several operations failed to restore her knee to a state where she could play professional basketball, although she is still able to walk.

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