Mariska Beijer
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| Born | 29 June 1991 (age 34) Den Helder, Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Wheelchair basketball | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability | Limb deficiency | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | 4.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Mariska Beijer (born 29 June 1991) is a Dutch wheelchair basketball player.[1]
Career
Beijer competed at the Paralympic Games where she won gold medals at the 2020 and 2024 games,[2] and bronze medals at the 2012 and 2016 games.[3]
She has been part of the Netherlands team at the Wheelchair Basketball World Championships where they came 3rd at the 2014 Championship[3] and 1st at the 2018[4] and 2022 Championships.[5] She participated in the European Wheelchair Basketball Championship where the Netherlands team came first in 2013, 2017,[3] 2019[6] and 2021[7] and 2nd in 2009, 2011 and 2015. She was also the lead scorer in 2015,[3] 2017[8] and 2019.[6]
She was shortlisted for the 2019 Team Sportswoman of the Year Award.[6]
References
- ^ "Wheelchair Basketball: BEIJER Mariska". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 6 September 2021.
Date of Birth: 29 Jun 1991 / Place of birth: DEN HELDER
- ^ "BEIJER Mariska". Paris 2024 Paralympics. Retrieved 8 September 2024. (alternate link, alternate link 2)
- ^ a b c d "Mariska Beijer - Wheelchair Basketball | Paralympic Athlete Profile". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
- ^ "World Champions, the Netherlands Women, make one change for 2019 European Championship". IWBF - International Wheelchair Basketball Federation. 18 June 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
- ^ "Invincible Netherlands defend women's World Championships title in style". IWBF - International Wheelchair Basketball Federation. 21 June 2023. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
- ^ a b c "Netherlands Beijer shortlisted for Sportswomen of the Year 2019". IWBF - International Wheelchair Basketball Federation. 30 July 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
- ^ "The Netherlands women make 16th European Final". IWBF - International Wheelchair Basketball Federation. 11 December 2021. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
- ^ "Nominees announced for June IPC Athlete of the Month Award". www.insidethegames.biz. 5 July 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
External links
- Mariska Beijer at the International Paralympic Committee
- Mariska Beijer at TeamNL (archive) (in Dutch)
- Mariska Beijer on Instagram