Michael Schumacher suffered a severe head injury while skiing at the exclusive Meribel resort in the French Alps in December 2013.
The record-breaking Formula One driver was put into a medically induced coma and underwent two life-saving operations at Grenoble Hospital.
In April 2014 Schumacher – who drove for Benetton, Jordan, Mercedes and Ferrari – was withdrawn from the coma and moved to a rehabilitation ward in Lausanne, Switzerland before being brought home to Germany in September 2014.
Official updates from the Schumacher family have been few and far between since the accident, but his wife Corrina and son Mick did attend the FEI World Reining Championships in Switzerland on last week.
Here’s everything we know about Schumacher’s condition.
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Michael Schumacher suffered a severe brain injury after a skiing accident in 2013
What happened to Michael Schumacher?
Schumacher was skiing with his 14-year-old son in the French Alps when he fell and hit his head on a rock.
Despite wearing a helmet, the F1 legend suffered a traumatic brain injury that left him in a coma.
Physicians said that Schumacher would almost certainly have died if he was not wearing head protection.
Doctors described his condition as “extremely serious” after his admission to Grenoble Hospital, where he underwent two life-saving operations.
Michael’s health is not a public issue and so we will continue to make no comment
No updates were given until April 2015, when it was announced that Schumacher had shown “moments of consciousness and awakening”.
Three months later a statement was released confirming that the F1 champion was no longer in a coma and had left Grenoble Hospital.
What is Michael Schumacher’s latest condition?
Michael Schumacher’s former boss has said that he hopes the F1 hero “will soon be among us again”.
Luca di Montezemolo told Courier Dello Sport: “As I know his strength, I dream that he will soon be among us again.”
Schumacher continues his rehabilitation from his home on the shores of Lake Geneva, but his family are reluctant to release additional information on his condition.
His agent Sabine Kehm said in December 2016: “Michael’s health is not a public issue, and so we will continue to make no comment in that regard.”
Last month, German magazine Bunte was forced to pay Schumacher €50,000 after it falsely claimed he could “walk again”.
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Michael Schumacher’s family have been reluctant to release health updates
The Bunte article quoted an unnamed source who said: “Michael is very thin. But he can once again walk a little with the help of his therapists.
“He manages to make a couple of steps. And he can also raise an arm.”
Schumacher’s lawyer, Felix Damm, denied the claim in October and said that the publication had invaded Schumacher’s privacy.
He confirmed that the seven-time world champion is unable to stand without the support of therapists and accused the magazine of giving fans “false hope”.
Ms Kehm last month said that the decision to shield the public from updates reflected Schumacher’s private personality.
She told German media: “Michael has consistently drawn a clear line between the public and the private, which has always been accepted by the fans and the media.
“The decision to protect his privacy from the public has been met in Michael’s interest.”
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Michael Schumacher’s first Championship came in 1994
Michael Schumacher’s career stats
Schumacher’s career spanned 22 years from 1991-2012. During that time he claimed seven World Championships.
He won an incredible 91 races and earned 151 podium finishes – accumulating 1,566 career points.
The German’s first win came in the 1992 Belgian Grand Prix, but his first Championship victory was in 1994, where he scraped to top spot by a single point.
Schumacer’s final race was the 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix.