Evelyn van Leeuwen
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| National team | Netherlands |
| Born | 15 May 1972 |
| Height | 171 cm (5 ft 7 in) |
| Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Sport | Women's Wheelchair Basketball |
Evelyn van Leeuwen (born 15 May 1972) is a Dutch wheelchair basketball player from Leiden.[1][2] She participated af four Paralympic Games between 1996 and 2016. She won the silver medal at the 1996 Summer Paralympics[1] and 20 years later bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.[3][4][5]
She also played at the 2000 Summer Paralympics, 2004 Summer Paralympics and 2014 Women's World Wheelchair Basketball Championship. Due to pregnancy she couldn’t compete at the 2008 and 2012 Olympics.
From a young age Van Leeuwen was a low-level competitive speed skater. When she was 18 years old she crashed during a competition in Leiden. There wasn’t a proper safety boarding causing her a paraplegia. After two years of revalidation she started with sports. As rowing was not possible she started with wheelchair basketball. After contacting the national coach she was able to become part of the national team. She trained 4 days[1]
At the begin of her wheelchair basketball career Van Leeuwen was studying medicine. Later, also next to wheelchair basketbsll, she is a general practitioner. Together with Jeroen she has four daughters.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d "'Ik ga altijd voor het hoogst haalbare'". www.medischcontact.nl.
- ^ "Evelyn van Leeuwen". teamnl.org.
- ^ "Wheelchair Basketball - Netherlands". www.paralympic.org. Retrieved 2020-07-19.
- ^ "Evelyn van Leeuwen - Wheelchair Basketball | Paralympic Athlete Profile". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2020-07-19.
- ^ Wheelchair Basketball |Netherlands VS Great Britain|Women's - Bronze Match Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, retrieved 2020-07-19
- 1972 births
- Living people
- Paralympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands
- Paralympic silver medalists for the Netherlands
- Dutch women's wheelchair basketball players
- Paralympic wheelchair basketball players of the Netherlands
- Paralympic medalists in wheelchair basketball
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 1996 Summer Paralympics
- Wheelchair basketball players at the 1996 Summer Paralympics
- Wheelchair basketball players at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
- Wheelchair basketball players at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
- Wheelchair basketball players at the 2016 Summer Paralympics