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WHEELCHAIR ATHLETES – MEN <strong>PROFESSIONAL</strong> ATHLETE FIELDS Krige Schabort Country: United States Age: 53 Date of Birth: September 9, 1963 Residence: Rome, GA Personal Best: 1:23:44, Boston, MA, 2012 New York City Marathon History: 2015: 12th, 1:39:22; 2014: 22nd, 1:44:25; 2013: 6th, 1:42:25; 2010: 4th, 1:39:37; 2009: 2nd, 1:35:58; 2008: 6th, 1:49:06; 2007: 2nd, 1:35:08; 2006: 13th, 1:47:48; 2005: 4th, 1:33:16; 2004: 2nd, 1:33:19; 2003: 1st, 1:32:19; 2002: 1st, 1:38:27; 2001: DNF Career Highlights 2012 London Marathon 3rd 1:32:28 2012 Boston Marathon 5th 1:23:44 2002 IPC Athletics World Championships Marathon 2nd 1:28:33 2000 Sydney Paralympic Marathon 2nd 1:29:28 1998 IPC Athletics World Championships 10,000m T55 1st 21:46.60 Schabort was a soldier in the South African army before a bomb explosion took his legs in Angola in 1987; he took up wheelchair racing in 1989. Schabort has notched marathon victories in Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, and Pittsburgh, along with two victories in the New York City Marathon (2002 and 2003) and an astounding seven wins in the Honolulu Marathon. Schabort’s runner-up finish to Kurt Fearnley in the 2009 New York City Marathon was the closest in race history, with Fearnley mere inches ahead, winning by one tenth of a second. Schabort represented South Africa at the Paralympics in 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, and 2012. He took the bronze medal in the Barcelona 1992 Paralympic Marathon and improved to the silver eight years later in Sydney. Schabort also competes in the triathlon: He won the 2014 ITU World Paratriathlon Championship and finished second in the men’s paratriathlon PT2 race at the Rio 2016 Paralympics, where he represented the United States. Schabort now lives in Georgia with his wife and three children. He gives inspirational speeches in schools and hospitals, and he won the 2015 ESPY Award for Best Male Athlete with a Disability. MEDIA GUIDE 103
<strong>PROFESSIONAL</strong> ATHLETE FIELDS WHEELCHAIR ATHLETES – MEN Masazumi Soejima Country: Japan Age: 46 Date of Birth: August 31, 1970 Residence: Fukuoka, Japan Personal Best: 1:18:50, Boston, MA, 2011 New York City Marathon: 2014: 4th, 1:30:57; 2013: 4th, 1:40:16; 2011: 1st, 1:31:41; 2010: 2nd, 1:37:31; 2009: 7th, 1:43:42; 2008: 2nd, 1:46:10 2007: 3rd, 1:36:16 Career Highlights 2012 London Paralympic Marathon 4th 1:30:24 2011 Boston Marathon 1st 1:18:50 2011 New York City Marathon 1st 1:31:41 2011 Tokyo Marathon 1st 1:25:38 2010 Berlin Marathon 1st 1:28:46 Soejima won the 2011 New York City Marathon, becoming the first Japanese winner of the race in any division. He set the Japanese record for the wheelchair marathon at 1:21:23 with his second-place finish in the 2008 Padua Marathon. In 2007, he became the first Japanese winner in Boston, breaking Ernst Van Dyk’s streak of six consecutive wins with a seven-minute margin of victory. A three-time Paralympian, Soejima has made the podium three times at the IPC Athletics World Championships, but never the Paralympic Games. In 2015, Soejima was appointed the wheelchair race director of the Tokyo Marathon in Japan. He has also run Soejimart, an online shop selling athletics clothing and merchandise. Soejima suffered damage to his spinal cord at age 23 after being struck by a falling steel plate while working at his family’s ironworks business. He has also competed in paratriathlon at the international level. 104 #TCSNYCMARATHON
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