Born in Stuttgart Germany, he is an athlete with a short structure competing in the F41 class. Since he was a child, he played several sports. He encountered with shot put when he met Mathias Mester, a shot put athlete who is another German F41 class athlete. Niko admired Mathias and started to compete in shot put. Niko's competition debut was in 2015 Doha when he made a record of 12.85m and won a silver medal. Since then he has been overcoming his records. The 2016 Rio games were his first Paralympic games. At that game he won a gold medal against his rival with just 1cm. He still is rewriting his records. In 2017 he had his personal best of 13.81m and won gold at the world championships. He has now become one of the most famous athletes in Germany and has been on several media events. He has a great character that will shine at Tokyo 2020.
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