Annika van der Meer (born 16 December 1985) is a
Dutch
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adaptive rower who competes at international level events. She is also a
paracyclist and was a former
field hockey
Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ...
player.
Van der Meer was involved in a serious skiing accident when she was 21 years old, she has impaired strength in the
muscles and
nerves of her right leg. She is a pediatric
oncologist
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in a hospital in
Utrecht
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.
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1985 births
Living people
Sportspeople from The Hague
Rowers from South Holland
Paralympic rowers for the Netherlands
Paralympic cyclists for the Netherlands
Rowers at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
21st-century Dutch women