Lara Baars Explained

Lara Baars
Birth Date:1996 12, df=yes
Country:Netherlands
Sport:Para-athletics
Disability:Achondroplasia (short stature)
Disability Class:F40

Lara Baars (born 23 December 1996) is a Dutch Paralympic athlete competing in shot put and discus throw events.[1] She was born with achondroplasia, a form of dwarfism.

Baars represented the Netherlands at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and she won the bronze medal in the women's shot put F40 event.[2]

At the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha, Qatar, Baars won the silver medal in the women's shot put F40 event.[3] [4]

At the 2018 World Para Athletics European Championships in Berlin, Germany, Baars won the silver medal in the women's shot put F40 event and the bronze medal in the women's discus throw F41 event.[5] The following year, she competed in the women's shot put F40 event at the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates where she finished in 5th place with a new personal best of 7.47 m.[6]

Baars won two medals at the 2021 World Para Athletics European Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland: she won silver in the shot put F40 event and bronze in the discus throw F41 event.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lara Baars . paralympic.org.
  2. Web site: Brons voor zwemster Van der Kulk en kogelstootster Baars in Rio . . 12 September 2016 . 17 December 2019 . Dutch.
  3. Web site: Paralympiër Van Weeghel verovert derde medaille op WK . . 27 October 2015 . Dutch.
  4. News: Kogelstootster Baars wint zilver op WK para-atletiek. 27 October 2015. NOS Sport. 2 January 2020. Dutch.
  5. Web site: Women's discus throw F41. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200727104704/https://www.paralympic.org/static/info/resATBE18/pdf/ATBE18/AT/ATBE18_AT_C73S_ATW649101.pdf. 27 July 2020. 27 July 2020. 2018 World Para Athletics European Championships.
  6. Web site: Women's shot put F40. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200823215435/https://www.paralympic.org/static/info/resATDU19/pdf/ATDU19/AT/ATDU19_AT_C73S_ATWS40100.pdf. 23 August 2020. 23 August 2020. 2019 World Para Athletics Championships.
  7. News: 3 June 2021. Succesvolle Nederlandse ploeg wint 23 medailles op de EK Para Atletiek. nl. Hardloopnetwerk. 25 June 2021.