Sylvana van Hees explained

Birth Date:4 April 1993
Birth Place:Roosendaal, Netherlands
Sport:Wheelchair basketball
Club:Arrows '81
Country:Netherlands
Disability Class:1.5
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Career

After a clinic she started with playing wheelchair basketball in Middelburg when she was 16 years old. After playing wheelchair basketball she lost 23 kilograms in one year. She weighed 120 kilograms in 2012 and decided to have a stomach reduction and helped her to lose a total of 70 kilograms. Currently she trains at the national Olympic training centre Papendal.

When she was two years old, she contracted meningitis and both her legs and her right forearm had to be amputated. She studied leisure management at the Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences.

She played in the Dutch Eredivision national league, with the clubs: RBVM, Arrows'81 and Rotterdam Basketball. Currently she is playing in the German competition (erste bundesliga) for the Doneck Dolphins in Trier.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wheelchair Basketball: van HEES Sylvana . Tokyo 2020 Paralympics . . 7 September 2021 . 6 September 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210906082503/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/wheelchair-basketball/athlete-profile-n1708640-van-hees-sylvana.htm . dead .