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Dutch wheelchair basketball player

Mariska Beijer
Personal information
Born29 June 1991 (1991-06-29) (age 33)
Den Helder, Netherlands
Sport
CountryNetherlands
SportWheelchair basketball
DisabilityLimb deficiency
Disability class4.0
Medal record
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Team
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris Team
Bronze medal – third place 2012 London Team
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio Team
Wheelchair Basketball World Championship
Gold medal – first place 2018 Hamburg Team
Gold medal – first place 2022 Dubai Team
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Toronto Team
European Wheelchair Basketball Championship
Gold medal – first place 2013 Frankfurt Team
Gold medal – first place 2017 Tenerife Team
Gold medal – first place 2019 Rotterdam Team
Gold medal – first place 2021 Madrid Team
Silver medal – second place 2009 Stoke Mandeville Team
Silver medal – second place 2011 Nazareth Team
Silver medal – second place 2015 Worcester Team

Mariska Beijer (born 29 June 1991) is a Dutch wheelchair basketball player.

Career

Beijer competed at the Paralympic Games where she won gold medals at the 2020 and 2024 games, and bronze medals at the 2012 and 2016 games.

She has been part of the Netherlands team at the Wheelchair Basketball World Championships where they came 3rd at the 2014 Championship and 1st at the 2018 and 2022 Championships. She participated in the European Wheelchair Basketball Championship where the Netherlands team came first in 2013, 2017, 2019 and 2021 and 2nd in 2009, 2011 and 2015. She was also the lead scorer in 2015, 2017 and 2019.

She was shortlisted for the 2019 Team Sportswoman of the Year Award.

References

  1. "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
  2. "BEIJER Mariska". Paris 2024 Paralympics. Retrieved 8 September 2024. (alternate link)
  3. ^ "Mariska Beijer - Wheelchair Basketball | Paralympic Athlete Profile". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  4. "World Champions, the Netherlands Women, make one change for 2019 European Championship". IWBF - International Wheelchair Basketball Federation. 18 June 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  5. "Invincible Netherlands defend women's World Championships title in style". IWBF - International Wheelchair Basketball Federation. 21 June 2023. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  6. ^ "Netherlands Beijer shortlisted for Sportswomen of the Year 2019". IWBF - International Wheelchair Basketball Federation. 30 July 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  7. "The Netherlands women make 16th European Final". IWBF - International Wheelchair Basketball Federation. 11 December 2021. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  8. "Nominees announced for June IPC Athlete of the Month Award". www.insidethegames.biz. 5 July 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2023.

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