Linda Dahle (born 8 November 1991) is a German 4.5 point national

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player who plays for Hannover United, and for the German national team. She won a bronze medal at the U25 European Wheelchair Basketball Championships in August 2013, where she was the team's top scorer with 42 points. She made her senior national team debut in June 2014, winning silver at the 2014 Women's World Wheelchair Basketball Championship in

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Biography

Linda Dahle was born in

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on 8 November 1991. When she was 16, she was forced to give up playing

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due to severe cartilage damage in her left foot. She then took up

, with a classification of 4.5 point, the lowest level of disability. She is studying social work degree at the

University of Nijmegen Radboud University (abbreviated as RU, nl, Radboud Universiteit , formerly ''Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen'') is a public research university located in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. The university bears the name of Saint Radboud, a 9th century ...

. Dahle moved to

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to play with its RBB 99ers. She also coached the U15 girls in Düsseldorf. In 2011, she played with the German team at the U25 Women's World Cup in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada, where the German team came sixth. This was followed by a bronze medal at the U25 European Wheelchair Basketball Championships at

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, England, in August 2013, where she was the team's top scorer with 42 points. She was also a key player in the Hot Rolling Bears' two point win over Bonn in Wheelchair Basketball Junior National Championship in 2014. In June 2014, Dahle joined the senior women's team for the 2014 Women's World Wheelchair Basketball Championship in

, Canada. The German team won silver after being defeated by Canada in the final.

Achievements

* 2013: Bronze at U25 European Wheelchair Basketball Championships (

, England) * 2014: Silver at the World Championships (

, Canada) * 2015: Gold at the European Championships (

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, England)

Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dahle, Linda German women's wheelchair basketball players 1991 births Living people Sportspeople from Düsseldorf