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Age no barrier for Dutch champion Huitzing
15.07.2013 Inge Huitzing’s 24-point performance helped the Netherlands’ women’s wheelchair basketball team take the European title this year. -
Dutch claim Germans are beatable in Frankfurt
15.05.2013 The Netherlands and Germany have met in the final of every women’s wheelchair basketball European Championships since 1989. -
Van Rhijn set to take on the world over one lap
15.04.2013 After medalling in the 100m and 200m T44 at the London 2012 Paralympic Games, the Netherlands’ Marlou van Rhijn is setting her sights on the 400m for the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships. -
Vergeer leaves historic legacy for female Paralympians
08.03.2013 Although wheelchair tennis star Esther Vergeer has retired, she will certainly leave a mark on Paralympic sport for years to come. -
No. 8 Vergeer shows her human side with 470th straight win
24.12.2012 For many people, Vergeer is invincible and there’s almost an assumption that she will win. But for her it takes a lot of hard work and mental strength to withstand this pressure. -
No. 50: Evers wins 1st gold in intellectually impaired class
12.11.2012 The No. 50 moment in Paralympic sport of 2012 is when Dutch swimmer Marc Evers became the first athlete with an intellectual impairment to win Paralympic gold since Sydney 2000. -
Dutch Sprinter Roozen Hopes for Comeback
01.07.2012 After giving birth to a daughter, the Netherlands’ veteran sprinter Annette Roozen is trying to come back for London 2012. -
Van Rhijn to Anchor Dutch Delegation at IPC Euros
24.06.2012 Marlou van Rhijn is coming off two world-record performances heading into the IPC Athletics European Championships. -
Compromise Not an Option for Schmitter
20.06.2012 On the eve of his final race day before the London 2012 Paralympic Games, Dutchman Thierry Schmitter is confident and focused about his medal chances. -
Ballard Storming into Stadskanaal
14.06.2012 Great Britain’s Graeme Ballard is back on track to medal again at the Paralympics and fans will get to see his progress at next week’s IPC Athletics European Championships.
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