Romy Pansters | |
Sport: | Paralympic swimming Paratriathlon |
Disability: | Paraplegia |
Disability Class: | S8 |
Birth Date: | 22 April 1996 |
Birth Place: | Nuth, Netherlands |
Residence: | Valkenburg aan de Geul, Netherlands |
Height: | 1.65m |
Romy Pansters (born 22 April 1996) is a Dutch paratriathlete and former Paralympic swimmer who competes at international level events, she was also a tennis player and handballer at national youth level before suffering from a blood clot in her spinal cord which led to paraplegia in June 2006 and has used a wheelchair since however is learning to walk again through rehabilitation. During her swimming career, she has won two European swimming medals and was a finalist in the women's 400m freestyle S8 where she finished last place as well as swimming at the 50m freestyle S8 and 100m freestyle S8.[1]
Pansters switched sports and turned to paratriathlon in 2015, she competed in the ETU Paratriathlon Championships but did not finish after she crashed her bike during the race in Lisbon.[2]