Mariska Beijer
Mariska Beijer (born 29 June 1991) is a Dutch wheelchair basketball player.[1]
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| Nationality | Dutch | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 29 June 1991 (age 32) 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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Career
Beijer competed at the Paralympic Games where she won a gold medal at the 2020 games and bronze medals at the 2012 and 2016 games.[2]
She has been part of the Netherlands team at the Wheelchair Basketball World Championships where they came 3rd at the 2014 Championship[2] and 1st at the 2018[3] and 2022 Championships.[4] She participated in the European Wheelchair Basketball Championship where the Netherlands team came first in 2013, 2017,[2] 2019[5] and 2021[6] and 2nd in 2009, 2011 and 2015. She was also the lead scorer in 2015,[2] 2017[7] and 2019.[5]
She was shortlisted for the 2019 Team Sportswoman of the Year Award.[5]
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
- "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.
- "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
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