Elvira Stinissen

The backbone of the Dutch team for a number of years now, Stinissen is a well-balanced player with all round skills.

She is a three-time Paralympian having competed at the Beijing 2008, London 2012 and Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. At her first Paralympics she won bronze after the Netherlands, finished behind champions China and silver medallists the USA. Four years later in the British capital the Dutch team finished fourth. At Rio 2016, the Netherlands were sixth after losing the classification match to Iran 3-2.

Away from the field of play, she is the chair of the World ParaVolley Athletes’ Commission and Vice Chair of the IPC Athletes’ Council.