Mariska Beijer

Mariska Beijer
Personal information
Born29 June 1991 (1991-06-29) (age 35)
Den Helder, Netherlands
Sport
CountryNetherlands
SportWheelchair basketball
DisabilityLimb deficiency
4.0
Medal record
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place2020 TokyoTeam
Gold medal – first place2024 ParisTeam
Bronze medal – third place2012 LondonTeam
Bronze medal – third place2016 RioTeam
World Championship
Gold medal – first place2018 HamburgTeam
Gold medal – first place2022 DubaiTeam
Bronze medal – third place2014 TorontoTeam
Bronze medal – third place2026 OttawaTeam
European Championship
Gold medal – first place2013 FrankfurtTeam
Gold medal – first place2017 TenerifeTeam
Gold medal – first place2019 RotterdamTeam
Gold medal – first place2021 MadridTeam
Silver medal – second place2009 Stoke MandevilleTeam
Silver medal – second place2011 NazarethTeam
Silver medal – second place2015 WorcesterTeam

Mariska Beijer (born 29 June 1991) is a Dutch wheelchair basketball player.

Career

Beijer competed at the Paralympic Games where she won gold medals at the 2020 and 2024 games, and bronze medals at the 2012 and 2016 games.

She has been part of the Netherlands team at the Wheelchair Basketball World Championships where they came 3rd at the 2014 Championship and 1st at the 2018 and 2022 Championships. She participated in the European Wheelchair Basketball Championship where the Netherlands team came first in 2013, 2017, 2019 and 2021 and 2nd in 2009, 2011 and 2015. She was also the lead scorer in 2015, 2017 and 2019.

She was shortlisted for the 2019 Team Sportswoman of the Year Award.

References

  1. ↑ "Wheelchair Basketball: BEIJER Mariska". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 6 September 2021. Date of Birth: 29 Jun 1991 / Place of birth: DEN HELDER
  2. ↑ "BEIJER Mariska". Paris 2024 Paralympics. Retrieved 8 September 2024. (alternate link, alternate link 2)
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Mariska Beijer - Wheelchair Basketball | Paralympic Athlete Profile". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  4. ↑ "World Champions, the Netherlands Women, make one change for 2019 European Championship". IWBF - International Wheelchair Basketball Federation. 18 June 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  5. ↑ "Invincible Netherlands defend women's World Championships title in style". IWBF - International Wheelchair Basketball Federation. 21 June 2023. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  6. 1 2 3 "Netherlands Beijer shortlisted for Sportswomen of the Year 2019". IWBF - International Wheelchair Basketball Federation. 30 July 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  7. ↑ "The Netherlands women make 16th European Final". IWBF - International Wheelchair Basketball Federation. 11 December 2021. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  8. ↑ "Nominees announced for June IPC Athlete of the Month Award". www.insidethegames.biz. 5 July 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2023.