Carina de Rooij-Versloot explained

Carina de Rooij
National Team:Netherlands women's national wheelchair basketball team
Birth Date:10 May 1980
Country:Netherlands
Sport:Women's Wheelchair Basketball
Disability:paraplegia
Disability Class:3.0
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Carina de Rooij-Versloot (born 10 May 1980) is a Dutch wheelchair basketball player. She is a member of the Netherlands women's national wheelchair basketball team. She competed at four Paralympic Games and won two Paralympic bronze medal,[1] and a gold medal.[2]

Biigraphy

Versloot broke her back in 1999 during gymnastics training at the Hellas gymnastics club in Tiel. As a result, she had incomplete paraplegia. During her rehabilitation at the Rehabilitation Center "De Hoogsstraat" in Utrecht, she came into contact with wheelchair basketball.

After competing at the 2004 Summer Paralympics and 2008 Summer Paralympics she won the bronze medal at the 2012 Paralympics and also four years later at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.[3] [4] She also competed at other international tournaments, including the 2014 Women's World Wheelchair Basketball Championship and 2018 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship.

She is a member of the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation's Athlete Steering Committee.[5] [6] In daily life she is a child and youth psychologist.[7]

References

  1. Web site: Carina de Rooij . teamnl.org . 22 July 2021 . 22 July 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210722192052/https://teamnl.org/sporters/5482-carina-de-rooij . live .
  2. Web site: Wheelchair Basketball: de ROOIJ Carina . Tokyo 2020 Paralympics . . 8 September 2021 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20210826150320/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/wheelchair-basketball/athlete-profile-n1708650-de-rooij-carina.htm . 26 August 2021.
  3. Web site: Wheelchair Basketball - Netherlands - De Rooij . www.paralympic.org . 19 July 2020 . 22 July 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210722191840/https://www.paralympic.org/static/info/rio-2016/eng/zb/engzb_wheelchair-basketball-athlete-profile-n1298691-de-rooij-carina.htm . live .
  4. Web site: Carina de Rooij - Wheelchair Basketball Paralympic Athlete Profile. International Paralympic Committee. en. 2020-07-19. 22 July 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210722201851/https://www.paralympic.org/carina-de-rooij. live.
  5. Web site: Netherlands' De Rooij looking to share her experience and insight . 16 May 2020 . IWBF - International Wheelchair Basketball Federation . en-US . 19 July 2020 . News . Players . News . Zone . 19 July 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200719224158/https://iwbf.org/2020/05/16/netherlands-de-rooij-looking-to-share-her-experience-and-insight/ . live .
  6. Web site: Rolstoelbasketbalinternational Carina de Rooij treedt namens Europa toe tot de atletencommissie van de IBWF. . Basketball.nl . 22 July 2021 . 22 July 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210722191842/https://www.basketball.nl/nieuwsoverzicht/carina-de-rooij-treedt-toe-tot-atletencommmissie-iwbf/ . live .
  7. Web site: Carina de Rooij - Wheelchair Basketball | Sunrise Medical . 22 July 2021 . 22 July 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210722191842/https://www.sunrisemedical.eu/team-sunrise/carina-de-rooij-5 . live .

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