 Breuer started playing wheelchair fencing recreationally . She won silver at the 2006 Wheelchair Fencing World Cup in Turin at the age of 13 @.@  but was unable to participate in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing due to surgery on her spinal cord . At the 2009 European Championships in Warsaw she won gold with the German epee team , and silver and bronze in the singles . As a result , the German Sports Foundation named 16 @-@ year @-@ old Breuer as its Junior Sportsman of the Year for 2009 in Disability Sport . She competed in the 2010 World Championships in Paris , but was placed fifth and did not medal . She was awarded the Hilde Frey Prize in 2011 , and said that her goal was to be at the 2012 Summer Paralympic Games in London . 
