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Isabelle Foerder

German paralympian

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 28, 2026
Entity authorityQ542687
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Isabelle Foerder (born 7 July 1979) is a paralympic athlete from Germany, competing mainly in category T37 sprint events.

Biography

Isabelle Foerder competed in four consecutive paralympics games, starting in 1996. These were the only games where she competed in long; every other time, including 1996, she competed in the 100m and 200m. She has had most success in the 100m, winning silver in 1996, 2000 and 2004, while she has also won a silver (1996) and bronze (2004) in the 200m.

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The public source identifies “Isabelle Foerder” as german paralympian. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Isabelle, Foerder and German.

Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1979, 1996, 2000, 2004—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1979-07-07. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Isabelle, Foerder and German providing the first useful test.
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Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 28, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q542687. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1979, 1996, 2000 and 2004.

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This entry incorporates text from Isabelle Foerder” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.