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2019 World Para Athletics Championships in Dubai

Large Number of Bayer athletes competing in German team

• 2019 World Championships taking place in Dubai from November 7-15 • 10 out of 34 athletes from Bayer club compete for Germany • Bayer committed to supporting disabled sports

Leverkusen / Dubai, October 29, 2019 – From November 7-15, the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships will be hosted by Dubai, United Arab Emirates. More than 1,300 athletes from over 100 countries are expected to take part. At the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships, a large number of Bayer club members once again competed against the world's best disabled athletes. The World Championships are not only the pinnacle of this year’s para athletics season, but will also be the last major opportunity for athletes to book their slots for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. TSV Bayer 04 Leverkuen is well-represented in the German team with 10 Bayer athletes in the 34-strong national team. Founded in 1950 and now with 300 members, the disabled sports section of TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen is one of the most successful clubs in Germany for disabled athletes.

Leading in sports sponsorship Bayer is one of Germany’s leading sports sponsors, an engagement with a long tradition. For more than a century the company has been endorsing its employees’ desire for healthy leisure activities and supporting a variety of sports in the vicinity of its production sites – at both professional and grassroots level. Although this support is provided in equal measure to top athletes, promising talents, and everyday sportsmen and -women, Bayer is particularly committed to disabled sports and responsibly supporting young talents.

Strong support for disabled sports

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Nowadays, Bayer lends its name to 23 sports clubs with some 45,000 members and 50 different sports. In the professional sporting field, Bayer’s athletes have been extremely successful – as indicated by, for example, 68 Olympic and 82 Paralympic medals. Bayer has traditionally been a strong supporter of disabled sports and has been sponsoring the German National Paralympic Committee since 2000. Besides this sponsorship, Bayer’s engagement in disabled sports includes support for members of TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen’s Disabled Sports Section at all levels of performance. The Herbert Grünewald Foundation specifically promotes sporting opportunities for the disabled and Bayer’s own initiative Einfach Fußball (Simply Football) also encourages participation in the world’s most popular sport. The intention behind Bayer’s engagement is to increase awareness and acceptance of disabled sports in Germany and abroad. “Top-performing para athletes as role models can help young disabled people to live their lives more self- confidently,” says Hendrik Wulff, Senior Bayer Representative. “This also helps them to master the inevitable challenges they face with a sportingly positive attitude.”

Medal prospects among Bayer competitors The past achievements of Bayer competitors – gold medals at IPC World or European Championships and various world records – put them among the medal prospects in Dubai: world record holder Markus Rehm in the long jump; 100 and 400 m world record holder Johannes Floors in those events and the 4x100 m relay; world record holder Irmgard Bensusan in the 100 m and 200 m events; world record holder Léon Schäfer in the long jump competition and with Felix Streng a medal prospect in the 100 m; David Behre in the 100 m and possibly in the 4x100 m relay, where he won gold in Rio; and Tom Malutedi, who won a relay gold in the 2017 World Championships and will be competing in the 200 m and high jump. With best performances in national or youth championships and competing in world championships for the first time, the other three Bayer para athletes in the German team are also in with a medal chance: Maria Tietze in the 100 m, 200 m and long jump, Johannes Bessel in the 1,500 m, and Nele Moos, the team’s youngest competitor at just 17, in the 100 m, 200 m, long jump and relay events.

Experienced supporting crew No top athlete can compete successfully without professional support from a highly qualified team. The Bayer athletes competing in Dubai will be accompanied by three Bayer coaches (Karl-Heinz Düe, Steffi Nerius and Matthias Esser), team manager Jörg Frischmann (TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen’s Director of Sport), team doctor Dr. Helmut Hoffmann, head physiotherapist Ulrich Niepoth, personal assistant Constanze Wedell,

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press officer Nico Feißt, and biomechanic Ralf Müller. In addition, the former Bayer Paralympic champion Heinrich Popow will be attending as technical adviser to Team Japan and providing technical support to most of the Bayer athletes as well.

Competition schedule

Date Day Session Event Event Classes eligible Round Athletes competing starting time 07.11.2019 Thursday 1 Evening 20:12 Women's 200 m T64 T44/64 Round 1 Bensusan, Tietze Heat 1 07.11.2019 Thursday 1 Evening 20:20 Women's 200 m T64 T44/64 Round 1 Bensusan, Tietze Heat 2 07.11.2019 Thursday 1 Evening 20:29 Men's 1500 m T46 T45/46 Final Bessel 08.11.2019 Friday 2 Evening 19:21 Men's 200 m T64 T44/T64 Round 1 Malutedi Heat 1 08.11.2019 Friday 2 Evening 19:30 Men's 200 m T64 T44/T64 Round 1 Malutedi Heat 2 09.11.2019 Saturday 3 Morning 11:29 Women's 200 m T64 T44/64 Final Bensusan, Tietze 09.11.2019 Saturday 4 Evening 18:06 Women's Long Jump T38 T38 Final Moos 09.11.2019 Saturday 4 Evening 19:10 Men's 200 m T64 T44/64 Final Malutedi 10.11.2019 Sunday 6 Evening 19:52 Men's Long Jump T63 T42/61/63 Final Schäfer 10.11.2019 Sunday 6 Evening 20:23 Men's 100 m T64 T44/62/64 Round 1 Streng, Malutedi, Floors, Behre Heat 1 10.11.2019 Sunday 6 Evening 20:32 Men's 100 m T64 T44/62/64 Round 1 Streng, Malutedi, Floors, Behre Heat 2 11.11.2019 Monday 8 Evening 19:15 Men's High Jump T64 T44/64 Final Malutedi 11.11.2019 Monday 8 Evening 20:07 Women's Long Jump T64 T44/62/64 Final Tietze 11.11.2019 Monday 8 Evening 20:12 Men's 100 m T64 T44/62/64 Final Streng, Malutedi, Floors, Behre 12.11.2019 Tuesday 9 Morning 09:59 Women's 100 m T64 T44/62/64 Round 1 Bensusan, Tietze Heat 1 12.11.2019 Tuesday 9 Morning 10:11 Women's 100 m T64 T44/62/64 Round 1 Bensusan, Tietze Heat 2 12.11.2019 Tuesday 10 Evening 20:13 Women's 100 m T64 T44/62/64 Final Bensusan, Tietzte 12.11.2019 Tuesday 10 Evening 20:42 Women's 100 m T38 T38 Final Moos 13.11.2019 Wednesday 12 Evening 19:04 Women's 200 m T38 T38 Final Moos 13.11.2019 Wednesday 12 Evening 19:30 Men's Long Jump T64 T44/62/64 Final Rehm, Streng 13.11.2019 Wednesday 12 Evening 20:42 Men's 100 m T63 T42/63 Round 1 Schäfer Heat 1 13.11.2019 Wednesday 12 Evening 20:50 Men's 100 m T63 T42/63 Round 1 Schäfer Heat 2 14.11.2019 Thursday 13 Morning 11:30 Universal Relay 4x 100 m T1x/3x/4x/5x/6x Round 1 Behre, Floors Heat 1 14.11.2019 Thursday 13 Morning 11:45 Universal Relay 4x 100 m T1x/3x/4x/5x/6x Round 1 Behre, Floors Heat 2 14.11.2019 Thursday 14 Evening 20:47 Universal Relay 4x 100m T1x/3x/4x/5x/6x Final Behre, Floors 15.11.2019 Friday 15 Evening 18:49 Men's 100 m T63 T42/63 Final Schäfer 15.11.2019 Friday 15 Evening 20:25 Men's 400 m T62 T62 Final Floors

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Note to the editors: Photos and short portraits of the athletes can be found here.

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Contact:

TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen Parasport: Nico Feißt, phone +49 151 19556391 Email: [email protected]

Communication and Public Affairs United Arab Emirates/Dubai: Sami Joost, phone +97 1 44 452 753 Email: [email protected]

CSR Communications Sonja Sänger, phone +49 214 30-39239 Email: [email protected]

Find more information at www.sport.bayer.com pap (2019-0285E)

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