Mariska Beijer facts for kids
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| Nationality | Dutch | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 29 June 1991 (age 33) Den Helder, Netherlands |
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| Country | Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Wheelchair basketball | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability | Limb deficiency | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | 4.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mariska Beijer (born 29 June 1991) is a Dutch wheelchair basketball player.
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.
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.
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