Mariska Beijer Explained

Mariska Beijer
Nationality:Dutch
Birth Place:Den Helder, Netherlands
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.[1]

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.[2]

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[3] and 2022 Championships.[4] She participated in the European Wheelchair Basketball Championship where the Netherlands team came first in 2013, 2017, 2019[5] and 2021[6] and 2nd in 2009, 2011 and 2015. She was also the lead scorer in 2015,[2] 2017[7] and 2019.

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wheelchair Basketball: BEIJER Mariska . Tokyo 2020 Paralympics . . https://web.archive.org/web/20210906130425/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/wheelchair-basketball/athlete-profile-n1708641-beijer-mariska.htm . 6 September 2021 . Date of Birth: 29 Jun 1991 / Place of birth: DEN HELDER.
  2. Web site: Mariska Beijer - Wheelchair Basketball Paralympic Athlete Profile . International Paralympic Committee . 27 June 2023 . en.
  3. Web site: World Champions, the Netherlands Women, make one change for 2019 European Championship . IWBF - International Wheelchair Basketball Federation . 27 June 2023 . 18 June 2019.
  4. Web site: Invincible Netherlands defend women’s World Championships title in style . IWBF - International Wheelchair Basketball Federation . 27 June 2023 . 21 June 2023.
  5. Web site: Netherlands Beijer shortlisted for Sportswomen of the Year 2019 . IWBF - International Wheelchair Basketball Federation . 27 June 2023 . 30 July 2019.
  6. Web site: The Netherlands women make 16th European Final . IWBF - International Wheelchair Basketball Federation . 27 June 2023 . 11 December 2021.
  7. Web site: Nominees announced for June IPC Athlete of the Month Award . www.insidethegames.biz . 27 June 2023 . 5 July 2017.