Overview

• Semechin announced on Instagram that her son, Klaus Phillip, was born Tuesday at 15:41 at Berlin’s Charité hospital, weighing 3,100 grams and measuring 48 centimeters.
• She posted a photo from her hospital bed and called the birth her “greatest miracle,” writing that she feels “unending gratitude and love.”
• The child’s father is her husband and coach, Phillip Semechin; the couple married in November 2021 shortly before her brain tumor surgery.
• Diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2021 and completing chemotherapy in February 2023, she returned to win Paris 2024 gold in world-record time while managing progressive vision loss from Morbus Stargardt.
• After some sponsors withdrew when she announced her pregnancy in spring, reporting indicates she later secured a new partner to support her during parental leave as she eyes a competitive return for the 2028 Paralympics.