Carina de Rooij-Versloot
Carina de Rooij-Versloot (born 10 May 1980) is a Dutch wheelchair basketball player. She is a member of the Netherlands women's national wheelchair basketball team. She competed at four Paralympic Games and won two Paralympic bronze medal,[1] and a gold medal.[2]
Personal information | |
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National team | Netherlands women's national wheelchair basketball team |
Born | 10 May 1980 |
Height | 168 cm (5 ft 6 in) |
Weight | 54 kg (119 lb) |
Sport | |
Country | Netherlands |
Sport | Women's Wheelchair Basketball |
Disability | paraplegia |
Disability class | 3.0 |
Biigraphy
Versloot broke her back in 1999 during gymnastics training at the Hellas gymnastics club in Tiel. As a result, she had incomplete paraplegia. During her rehabilitation at the Rehabilitation Center "De Hoogsstraat" in Utrecht, she came into contact with wheelchair basketball.
After competing at the 2004 Summer Paralympics and 2008 Summer Paralympics she won the bronze medal at the 2012 Paralympics and also four years later at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.[3][4] She also competed at other international tournaments, including the 2014 Women's World Wheelchair Basketball Championship and 2018 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship.
She is a member of the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation's Athlete Steering Committee.[5][6] In daily life she is a child and youth psychologist.[7]
References
- "Carina de Rooij". teamnl.org.
- "Wheelchair Basketball de ROOIJ Carina - Tokyo 2020 Paralympics". .. Archived from the original on 2021-08-26. Retrieved 2021-09-08.
- "Wheelchair Basketball - Netherlands - De Rooij". www.paralympic.org. Retrieved 2020-07-19.
- "Carina de Rooij - Wheelchair Basketball | Paralympic Athlete Profile". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2020-07-19.
- "Netherlands' De Rooij looking to share her experience and insight". IWBF - International Wheelchair Basketball Federation. 2020-05-16. Retrieved 2020-07-19.
- "Rolstoelbasketbalinternational Carina de Rooij treedt namens Europa toe tot de atletencommissie van de IBWF". Basketball.nl.
- "Carina de Rooij - Wheelchair Basketball | Sunrise Medical".
External links
- Gold medalist Ilse Arts and Carina de Rooij of Team Netherlands News Photo - Getty Images