Verena Schott (born 6 March 1989) is a German paraswimmer and Paralympic medal winner.
In 2002, she was severely injured riding her bicycle when a van hit her while overtaking.
[3] Schott competed at the 2010 IPC Swimming World Championships where she won silver medals in the SB5 100 m breaststroke and SM6 200 m individual medley.
[2][3] At the London 2012 Paralympics she reached the finals in four disciplines and won the silver medal in the SM6 200 m medley, coming second to Ellie Simmonds,[4] who posted a world record time.
She competed in the 100m backstroke S6 and took gold beating the world record holder Song Lingling.