 "Michael Schumacher: A timeline of events since since F1 legend’s life-threatening skiing accident")
Legendary Formula 1 driver Michael Schumacher, who has lived a quiet life for more than a decade due to a skiing accident in 2013, reportedly made a rare public appearance recently. For the first time in 11 years, Schumacher made a public appearance when he attended the wedding of his daughter in Spain’s Mallorca, as per multiple reports.
It was in 2013, a year after his retirement, when Schumacher suffered a serious brain injury while skiing in the French Alps. Ever since, he has lived a silent life with only a few family members and his team of medical professionals being in direct contact with the 55 year-old.
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Let’s now take a look at the complete timeline of Schumacher’s injury and his recovery:
Timeline of Michael Schumacher’s injury and recovery
29 December 2013: Michael Schumacher sustains a horrific brain injury during a skiing accident at the French Alps. He is taken to Hospital of Moutiers in France for treatment and is said to be in a “critical condition”. He is then taken to Grenoble Hospital in France, where he spends for the next six months.
30 December 2013: Schumacher undergoes treatment for the removal of brain haemorrhage. Doctors find severe lesions on Schumacher’s brain and the German is placed in a medically-induced coma.
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More Shorts31 December 2013: Schumacher undergoes another operation but lesions remain. According to the doctors, Schumacher is showing “slight” signs of improvement. It is also reported by French media that Schumacher’s helmet “broke into two” during the accident.
7 January 2014: Investigators who are probing the accident say that excessive speed, faulty skis and lack of board signage are not reasons for Schumacher’s accident. According to the investigators, Schumacher threw himself into the air after he struck on one rock, before heading onto another one.
14 January 2014: Schumacher undergoes a procedure to get a small part of his skull removed, so that some pressure would be relieved.
17 February 2014: Investigation on the Schumacher accident is closed with nobody being found guilty.
21 March 2014: According to reports, three months after his accident, Schumacher loses almost 55 kg weight. The doctors, however, say that a weight loss of this kind is expected.
16 June 2014: Schumacher wakes up from his medically-induced coma. He is shifted to a rehabilitation ward of University Hospital in Lausanne, Switzerland from the ICU at Grenoble Hospital in France.
23 June 2014: A man reportedly steals Schumacher’s medical documents and puts it up for sale.
11 July 2014: Corina, Schumacher’s wife, says her husband is showing positive signs of recovery from the injury.
6 August 2014: The man who stole Schumacher’s documents dies by suicide, hanging himself in his jail cell. The man had worked as an executive of Rega, a Swiss helicopter company which conducted Schumacher’s transfer from Grenoble to the Lausanne rehab centre.
9 September 2014: Schumacher returns home to Geneva, Switzerland but remains unresponsive.
15 September 2014: Schumacher continues his recovery and according to experts, being at his home will help the seven-time Formula 1 champion recover mentally and emotionally.
23 September 2014: Mick Schumacher, the son of Michael Schumacher, becomes vice-champion of the KF-Junior Karting category, an FIA-sanctioned competition.
29 December 2014: Schumacher reportedly begins recognising his family with the hope of a positive recovery.
17 December 2018: Ferrari announces decision honour Michael Schumacher’s 50th birthday on 3 January, 2019, with a special exhibition.
3 January 2019: Michael Schumacher turns 50 years old.
8 January 2019: Ferrari inaugurates Michael 50 at the Ferrari Museum in Maranello, Italy as a special tribute to Schumacher.
3 October 2024: For the first time in 11 years, Schumacher reportedly makes his first appearance in public as he attends the wedding of his daughter Gina-Marie in Mallorca, Spain.
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