Julia van der Sprong explained

Birth Date:27 September 1999
Birth Place:Gouda, South Holland, Netherlands
Sport:Wheelchair basketball
Club:DeVeDo
Country:Netherlands
Disability:spinal cord injury
Disability Class:3.5
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Julia van der Sprong (born 27 September 1999) is a Dutch wheelchair basketball player (3.5 disability class). Van der Sprong plays for DeVeDo (Ermelo) where she plays as a forward.[1]

In 2018, van der Sprong made her World Championship debut with the Dutch national team during the 2018 World Championship in Hamburg, where the Dutch team won gold.[2] With the Dutch team, she also won gold at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo[3] [4] and the 2022 World Championships in Dubai.[5]

Background

Van der Sprong was an active hockey player and speed skater in her youth. However, at the age of sixteen, she suffered a spinal cord injury as a result of an acute inflammation in her spinal cord. After her recovery, she could still run short distances, but could no longer play sports as before.[6] During her rehabilitation, she was introduced to wheelchair basketball and turned out to have a talent for it.[7] In addition to wheelchair basketball, Van der Sprong completed a Bachelor of Business Administration at Radboud University in Nijmegen.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: DeVeDo - Selectie . devedo.nl . 15 July 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230716123117/https://devedo.nl/team-1/selectie/. 2023-07-16.
  2. Web site: Overtuigende start Orange Angels rolstoelbasketbal op het WK . teamnl.org . 16 August 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20230716123121/https://teamnl.org/artikelen/2018/08/overtuigende-start-orange-angels-rolstoelbasketbal-op-het-wk. 2023-07-16.
  3. News: Pavitt. Michael. 4 September 2021. The Netherlands win maiden women's wheelchair basketball gold at Tokyo 2020. InsideTheGames.biz. 8 January 2022.
  4. Web site: Wheelchair Basketball Results Book. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20210906061456/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/WBK/PG2020-_WBK_B99_WBK-------------------------------.pdf. 2021-09-06. 8 January 2022. 2020 Summer Paralympics.
  5. Web site: Rolstoeltennisster De Groot in de prijzen bij Sportgala, De Jong Parasportman van 2023 . nos.nl . 20 December 2023.
  6. Web site: Als rolstoelbasketballer heeft Julia van der Sprong gewoon een A-status . voxweb.nl . 28 June 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20230716123119/https://www.voxweb.nl/nieuws/als-rolstoelbasketballer-heeft-julia-van-der-sprong-gewoon-een-a-status. 2023-07-16.
  7. Web site: Goudse Julia van der Sprong gaat voor gouden plak . goudsdagblad.nl . 25 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20230902141123/https://goudsdagblad.nl/Lokaal/goudse-julia-van-der-sprong-gaat-voor-gouden-plak. 2023-09-02.

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