Andrea Scherney is a Paralympic athlete from Austria competing the F44 classification for single below-knee amputees. Career Scherney has competed in four Paralympic Games, starting in 1996 in Atlanta, United States continuing through 2000 in Sydney, Australia and 2004 in Athens, Greece as well as the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing China. She has competed in various events at each and has always won at least one medal, gold in the javelin for F42-44/46 in 1996, long jump for F44/46 in 2004 and for F44 in 2008 and silvers in both the F44 shot put and javelin in 2000. She holds the world record in the P44 pentathlon, an event combining long jump, shot put, 100m sprint, discus and 400m run. Private Werner Groiß, an Austrian politician, is one of her cousin's. References External links 1966 births Living people Paralympic athletes of Austria Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Paralympic gold medalists for Austria Paralympic silver medalists for Austria World record holders in Paralympic athletics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) Austrian female long jumpers Austrian female javelin throwers Austrian female shot putters Long jumpers with limb difference Javelin throwers with limb difference Shot putters with limb difference Paralympic long jumpers Paralympic javelin throwers Paralympic shot putters