Lindsay Frelink (born 6 August 1999) is a Dutch wheelchair basketball player (2.0 disability class) and a member of the Netherlands women's national wheelchair basketball team. She won the gold medal at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, with the national team.[1]
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| Nationality | Dutch | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 August 1999 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Wheelchair basketball | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability | spinal cord injury | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | 2.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Only Friends | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Life
editFrelink was born with spina bifida. Frelink studied graphic design at Mediacollege Amsterdam. She lives in Heerhugowaard.[1]
Frelink started with wheelchair basketball when she was 12 years old. She made her debut for the national team in 2017 and won in that year the gold medal at the European Championships in Tenerife.[1]
She competed at the 2018 World Championship, and 2017 and 2019 European championships . [1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Wheelchair Basketball: FRELINK Lindsay". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 6 September 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
External links
edit- Lindsay Frelink at the International Paralympic Committee
- Lindsay Frelink at TeamNL (archive) (in Dutch)
- Lindsay Frelink on Instagram
