Heike Friedrich (wheelchair basketball)

Heike Friedrich

Friedrich at the Gliders and Rollers World Challenge in Sydney, July 2012
Personal information
Nickname	Hightower
Nationality	Germany
Born	(1976-06-14) 14 June 1976 (age 48)
Height	191 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Sport
Country	Germany
Sport	Basketball Wheelchair basketball
Disability class	4.5
Event	Women's team
Team	Mainhatten Skywheelers
Coached by	Holger Glinicki
Achievements and titles
Paralympic finals	2012 Summer Paralympics
Medal record Women's wheelchair basketball Paralympic Games 2012 London Team competition World Championships 2010 Birmingham Team competition 2014 Toronto Team competition European Championships 2009 Stoke Mandeville Team competition 2011 Nazareth Team competition 2013 Frankfurt Team competition 2015 Worcester Team competition

Heike Friedrich (born 14 June 1976) is a German 4.5 point wheelchair basketball player, who plays for the Mainhatten Skywheelers. She was a professional basketball player who played for TuS Lichterfeld, Wild Cats Aschaffenburg, TV Langen und TV Hofheim. She was with the Bundesliga club TV Langen for five years, and the Germany women's national basketball team for nine years, playing 204 international games. Since taking up wheelchair basketball in 2006, she has played with the German national team which won European titles in 2009 and 2011, and was runner-up in 2013. The team was also runner-up at the IWBF World Championship in Birmingham in 2010, and won a gold medal at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London. President Joachim Gauck awarded the team Germany's highest sporting honour, the Silbernes Lorbeerblatt (Silver Laurel Leaf).