Nienke Timmer Explained

Nienke Timmer
Nationality:Dutch
Birth Date:1998 2, df=yes
Birth Place:Rotterdam, Netherlands
Country:Netherlands
Sport:Para-athletics
Disability:Cerebral palsy
Disability Class:T35

Nienke Timmer (pronounced as /nl/; born 10 February 1998)[1] [2] is a Dutch Paralympic athlete with cerebral palsy. She competes in 100 and 200 metres sprinting events for T35-classified athletes. She won the bronze medal in the women's 100 metres T35 event at the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.[3] [4] She is also a three-time silver medalist at the World Para Athletics European Championships.

Career

In 2014, she finished in 4th place in both the women's 100 metres T35 and women's 200 metres T35 events at the IPC Athletics European Championships held in Swansea, United Kingdom. In 2015, she competed in the women's 100 metres T35 and women's 200 metres T35 events at the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships held in Doha, Qatar.[1] [5] [6] In 2018, she won the silver medal in both the women's 100 metres T35 and women's 200 metres T35 events at the World Para Athletics European Championships held in Berlin, Germany.

In 2019, she won the bronze medal in the women's 100 metres T35 event at the World Para Athletics Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. In 2021, she won the silver medal in the women's 100 metres T35 event at the World Para Athletics European Championships held in Bydgoszcz, Poland.[7]

She represented the Netherlands at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan. She competed in the women's 100 metres T35 and women's 200 metres T35 events.[8] [9]

Achievements

Representing
2018European ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany2nd100 metres16.05
2nd200 metres34.79
2019World ChampionshipsDubai, United Arab Emirates3rd100 metres15.48
2021European ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland2nd100 metres15.60

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships Results Book . 19 June 2021 . World Para Athletics.
  2. Web site: TIMMER Nienke . Tokyo 2020 Paralympics . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20210828153020/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1706253-timmer-nienke.htm . 28 August 2021 . Date of Birth: 10 Feb 1998 / Sport Class: T35 / Place of birth: ROTTERDAM.
  3. News: 10 November 2019 . Timmer pakt brons op 100 meter bij WK para-atletiek . NOS . 19 June 2021 . nl.
  4. News: 10 November 2019 . WK Dubai – dag 4: Brons voor Nienke Timmer! . Atletiek.nl . 19 June 2021 . nl.
  5. News: Pavitt . Michael . 11 September 2015 . Marlou van Rhijn to lead largest ever Dutch squad at IPC Athletics World Championships . InsideTheGames.biz . 19 June 2021.
  6. News: 24 October 2015 . Paralympiër Van Rhijn prolongeert wereldtitel 200 meter . nl . NOS . 19 June 2021.
  7. News: 3 June 2021 . Succesvolle Nederlandse ploeg wint 23 medailles op de EK Para Atletiek . nl . Hardloopnetwerk . 25 June 2021.
  8. News: 27 August 2022 . Wekdienst Tokio: zilver en brons voor baanwielrensters, tennissers van start . nl . NOS . 21 January 2022.
  9. News: 29 August 2021 . Terugblik Tokio: net geen goud voor dressuurteam, Van Zon in derde finale op rij . nl . NOS . 21 January 2022.