Cher Korver

Cher Korver (born 11 August 1976) is a Dutch wheelchair basketball player (2.5 disability class) and a member of the Netherlands women's national wheelchair basketball team. With the national team she competed at 6 consecutive Summer Paralympics between 2000 and 2020. She won with the team the gold medal at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, and the bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Paralympics and 2016 Summer Paralympics.[1] She became world champion in 2018 and European champion in 2017 and 2019.[2]

Cher Korver
Personal information
NationalityDutch
Born (1976-08-11) 11 August 1976
Amersfoort, Netherlands
Sport
CountryNetherlands
SportWheelchair basketball
Disabilityimpaired muscle power
Disability class2.5
Medal record
Women's wheelchair basketball
Representing the  Netherlands
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place2020 TokyoTeam
Bronze medal – third place2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam
Bronze medal – third place2012 LondonTeam
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2018 HamburgTeam
Bronze medal – third place2014 TorontoTeam
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2017 TenerifeTeam
Gold medal – first place2019 RotterdamTeam

Life

Korver was born in Amersfoort on 11 August 1976. She has impaired muscle power in her legs since she is 19 years old. started with playing wheelchair basketball in 1997. She made her debut for the national team in 1998 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship. She competed at the 2008 Paralympic World Cup.

She was awarded the Rob Verheuvel Award for her contribution to wheelchair basketball in 2014. She lives in Nijkerk.

References
  1. "Cher Korver - Wheelchair Basketball - Paralympic Athlete Profile". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  2. "Wheelchair Basketball - KORVER Cher - Tokyo 2020 Paralympics". Tokyo2020.org. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 6 September 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2021.


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