Jennette Jansen

Jennette Jansen (born 17 April 1968) is a Paralympian from the Netherlands competing mainly in category TW4 wheelchair racing and later as a basketball player and cyclist.[1] She competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, in Women's individual class 7, winning a gold medal, and in Women's road time trial H4–5 winning a bronze medal.[2][3][4]

Jennette Jansen
Personal information
NationalityDutch
Born (1968-04-17) 17 April 1968
Westerhaar, Netherlands
Sport
SportPara-cycling
Medal record
Representing  Netherlands
Paralympic Games
Women's paralympic athletics
Gold medal – first place 1988 Seoul 800 m A1–3/A9/L2
Gold medal – first place 1988 Seoul 1500 m A1–3/A9/L2
Gold medal – first place 1988 Seoul 3000 m A1–3/A9/L2
Silver medal – second place 1992 Barcelona 5000 metres – TW3-4
Silver medal – second place 1992 Barcelona Marathon – TW3-4
Bronze medal – third place 1992 Barcelona 1500 metres – TW3-4
Women's wheelchair basketball
Silver medal – second place 1996 Atlanta Team competition
Women's para cycling
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Road race H1–4
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Road race H5
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Road time trial H4–5
Road World Championships
Gold medal – first place2023 GlasgowRoad time trial H4
Gold medal – first place2023 GlasgowRoad race H4
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2023 RotterdamTime trial H4
Bronze medal – third place2023 RotterdamRoad race H4

Career

Jansen first appeared in the Paralympics in the Athletics events of the 1988 Seoul games, where she won three gold medals in athletics.[5] By the time of the Atlanta games in 1996 she was part of the Dutch team in wheelchair basketball that won the silver medal, she continued competing as part of the team in 2000 and 2004 but without any further medal success. She competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics, where she won bronze in the H5 road race.[6]

References
  1. "Rio 2016 Paralympic Games - Results Book - Cycling: Road" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-09-27.
  2. "Cycling Road JANSEN Jennette - Tokyo 2020 Paralympics". .. Retrieved 2021-09-03.
  3. "53-Year-Old Dutch Cyclist Jennette Jansen Wins Latest Paralympic Gold 33 Years After Her First". SELF. 2021-09-01. Retrieved 2021-09-03.
  4. "Tokyo 2020 Paralympics briefing: Jansen wins gold, 33 years after her first". the Guardian. 2021-09-01. Retrieved 2021-09-03.
  5. "Jennette Jansen - Athletics, Cycling, Wheelchair Basketball | Paralympic Athlete Profile". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2021-09-03.
  6. "Dutch athlete Jennette Jansen wins gold in H1-4 road cycling". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 2021-09-03.


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