Niels de Langen explained

Niels de Langen
Nationality:	Dutch
Birth Date:	1998 11, df=yes
Birth Place:	Arnhem, Netherlands
Country:	Netherlands
Sport:	Para-alpine skiing
Coach:	Falco Teitsma
Disability Class:	LW12.2

Niels de Langen (born 30 November 1998) is a Dutch para-alpine skier. He won two medals in alpine skiing at the 2022 Winter Paralympics.^{[1] [2]}

Early life

De Langen was born in 1998 in Arnhem, Netherlands. In the first year of his life he lost his right leg due to meningococcal disease. At 16 years of age, in June 2015, he made the decision to amputate his left leg which was also damaged as a result of the infection.^[3]

Career

De Langen won a bronze medal at the 2017 World Para Alpine Skiing Championships at the slalom event.^[3]

De Langen represented the Netherlands at the 2018 Winter Paralympics and competed in all five disciplines: the Men's downhill, Men's super-G, Men's super combined, Men's giant slalom and Men's slalom events.

In 2019, De Langen won a silver medal at the World Para Alpine Skiing Championships in the giant slalom event.^[4] In 2022, he won the bronze medal in the men's sitting super combined event at the 2021 World Para Snow Sports Championships.^{[5] [6]} He also won the bronze medal in the men's sitting slalom event.^{[7] [8]}

He represented the Netherlands at the 2022 Winter Paralympics.^{[2] [9]} He won the silver medal in the men's slalom and the bronze medal in the men's super combined sitting events.^{[1] [10] [11]} De Langen was the flagbearer for the Netherlands during the closing ceremony of the 2022 Winter Paralympics.^[12]

He won the bronze medal in the men's sitting giant slalom event at the 2023 World Para Alpine Skiing Championships held in Lleida, Spain.^[13]

Personal life

He studies physiotherapy.^[14]

Notes and References

1. News: Burke . Patrick . 7 March 2022 . Trio of Para Alpine skiers earn second gold medal at Beijing 2022 . . 7 March 2022.
2. News: 7 March 2022 . Eerste medailles voor Nederlandse paralympiërs Kampschreur en De Langen . nl . Trouw . 7 March 2022.
3. Web site: Niels de Langen . Team NL . 29 April 2019 . 29 April 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190429202649/https://teamnl.org/sporters/6250-niels-de-langen . Dutch.
4. Web site: Paraskiër Kampschreur opnieuw wereldkampioen op reuzenslalom . 21 January 2019 . NOS . 29 April 2019 . 29 April 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190429203006/https://nos.nl/artikel/2268452-paraskier-kampschreur-opnieuw-wereldkampioen-op-reuzenslalom.html . Dutch.
5. News: 17 January 2022 . Magnificent Monday for Millie Knight and Rene De Silvestro in the Super-Combined . Paralympic.org . 17 January 2022.
6. News: Houston . Michael . 17 January 2022 . France twice strike Alpine Combined gold at World Para Snow Sports Championships . . 17 January 2022.
7. News: 21 January 2022 . Jesper Pedersen delights home fans with third gold on drama-packed Friday . Paralympic.org . 21 January 2022.
8. News: Burke . Patrick . 21 January 2022 . Pedersen clinches third gold of World Para Snow Sports Championships in Lillehammer . . 21 January 2022.
9. News: 17 February 2022 . Vijf alpineskiërs en drie snowboarders naar Paralympische Spelen Beijing . nl . Team NL . 19 February 2022.
10. News: 7 March 2022 . Glunderende Kampschreur dolblij met zilver: 'Ik heb die slalom gekilld' . nl . NOS . 7 March 2022.
11. Web site: Alpine Skiing Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220313113641/https://results.beijing2022.cn/beijing-2022/paralympic-games/static/pwg2022/pdf/PWG2022/ALP/PWG2022_ALP_B99_ALP-------------------------------.pdf . 13 March 2022 . 13 March 2022 . 2022 Winter Paralympics.
12. News: 12 March 2022 . Zitskiër De Langen draagt vlag bij sluitingsceremonie Paralympische Spelen . nl . . 12 March 2022.
13. News: 26 January 2023 . Weer WK-zilver Kampschreur, brons De Langen op reuzenslalom . nl . NOS . 29 January 2023.
14. News: 10 March 2022 . Student Fysiotherapie Niels de Langen wint brons op de Paralympische Spelen . nl . HAN University of Applied Sciences . 13 March 2022.