Renske van Beek explained

Renske van Beek
Nationality:	Dutch
Birth Date:	25 April 1989
Birth Place:	The Hague, Netherlands

Renske van Beek (born 25 April 1989) is a Dutch para-snowboarder in the SB-LL2 category.

Life and career

Van Beek sustained a cerebral infarction when she was ten, which left her paralyzed on one side. She started snowboarding because skiing was no longer possible. Through Bibian Mentel's Mentelity Foundation, she ended up in the U23 team of the Dutch Ski Association.

At the 2021 World Para Snow Sports Championships, van Beek won the bronze medal in the women's snowboard cross event.^{[1] [2]} Along with Lisa Bunschoten, she also won the silver medal in the women's team event.^[3]

She represented the Netherlands at the 2022 Winter Paralympics in Beijing, China.^[4] She competed in the women's snowboard cross SB-LL2 and women's banked slalom SB-LL2 events.^[5]

Notes and References

1. News: 21 January 2022 . Canada's Tyler Turner beats 'best of the best' for first World Championships gold . 21 January 2022.
2. News: Burke . Patrick . 21 January 2022 . Pedersen clinches third gold of World Para Snow Sports Championships in Lillehammer . . 21 January 2022.
3. News: 22 January 2022 . 'O Canada' rings out twice as country's riders sweep team events . Paralympic.org . 22 January 2022.
4. News: 17 February 2022 . Vijf alpineskiërs en drie snowboarders naar Paralympische Spelen Beijing . nl . Team NL . 19 February 2022.
5. Web site: Snowboarding Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220312054847/https://results.beijing2022.cn/beijing-2022/paralympic-games/static/pwg2022/pdf/PWG2022/SBD/PWG2022_SBD_B99_SBD-------------------------------.pdf . 12 March 2022 . 12 March 2022 . 2022 Winter Paralympics.