Renske van Beek

Snowboard

The Dutch snowboarder shined in her World Cup season debut in 2015-16, winning both the women’s snowboard-cross and the banked slalom SB-UL to finish first in the overall rankings.

The 27-year-old took up the sport in 2015, inspired by compatriot and Paralympic gold medallist Bibian Mentel-Spee.

Van Beek took up snowboard at the age of 10 after a stroke left the left side of her body paralysed, hoping to snowboard as fast as her brothers and sister.

At the start of 2016-17 season Beek was reclassified to the women's SB-LL2 where she will face the likes of Paralympic champion and double Worlds gold medallist Bibian Mentel-Spee.

Results

		Unit	Date	Rank

2017 IPC Snowboard World Championships Big White, CAN (Big White, Canada)
Event	Medal	Unit	Date	Rank
Women's Snowboard Cross SB-LL2		Race 1	2017-02-04	4
Women's Banked Slalom SB-LL2		Race 1	2017-02-07	5

Pyeongchang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games (Pyeongchang, South Korea)
Event	Medal	Unit	Date	Rank
Women's Snowboard Cross SB-LL2		Final	2018-03-12	4
Women's Banked Slalom SB-LL2		Final	2018-03-16	4

Pyha 2019 World Para Snowboard Championships (Pyha, Finland)
Event	Medal	Unit	Date	Rank
Women's Banked Slalom SB-LL2		Race 1	2019-03-27	5
Women's Snowboard Cross SB-LL2		Race 1	2019-03-30	4

Lillehammer 2021 World Para Snow Sports Championships (Lillehammer, Norway)
Event	Medal	Unit	Date	Rank
Women's Banked Slalom SB-LL2		Race 2	2022-01-14	5
Women's Snowboard Cross SB-LL2		Race 2	2022-01-21	3

Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games (Beijing, China)
Event	Unit	Date	Rank
Women's Snowboard Cross SB-LL2	Quarterfinal 2	2022-03-06	4
Women's Snowboard Cross SB-LL2	Qualification	2022-03-07	12
Women's Banked Slalom SB-LL2	Final	2022-03-12	11