Scott

Winkler

Paralympic Experience

• 2-time Paralympian;
• Paralympic Games London 2012, 13th (Shot Put F54-56 - Men)
• Paralympic Games Beijing 2008, 5th (Shot Put F55-56 - Men)

Career Highlights

• 2011 Parapan American Games, gold medal (shot put), bronze medal (discus)
• 2011 IPC World Championship competitor
• 2010 U.S. Paralympic National Championship, gold medal (discus, shot put)
• 2008 U.S. Paralympic National Championship, gold medal (shot put)
• 2007 U.S. Paralympic National Championship, gold medal (shot put)

Facts: Winkler joined the U.S. Army a few years after high school and became a service technician... in 2003, he fell off an ammo truck in Tikrit, Iraq, resulting in paralysis... discovered discus and shot put at the 2006 USOC Paralympic Military Sports Camp.

Learn more: 
US Para Track and Field

World Championships Experience

• Most recent: 2013 – bronze (Shot Put F54/55 - Men)
• Years of participation: Shot Put F54/55 - Men 2013; Shot Put F54-56 - Men 2011
• Medals: 1 (1 bronze)
• Bronze – 2013 (Shot Put F54/55 - Men)