Lisa Bunschoten (born 23 November 1995) is a Dutch para-snowboarder. She won a silver and a bronze medal in snowboarding at the

2018 Winter Paralympics ) , nations = 49 , athletes = 569 , events = 80 in 6 sports , opening = 9 March , closing = 18 March , opened_by = President Moon Jae-in , cauldron = Kim Eun-jung Seo Soon-seok , stadium = Pyeongchang Olymp ...

Life and career

Bunschoten was born with fibula aplasia. She competed at the

2014 Paralympics The 2014 Winter Paralympics (russian: Зимние Паралимпийские игры 2014, Zimniye Paralimpiyskiye igry 2014), the 11th Paralympic Winter Games, and also more generally known as the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games, were an ...

in Sochi, Russia, and won the 2015/16 overall World Cup title in banked slalom. Para-snowboarder Bibian Mentel coached Bunschoten early in her career. She won the gold medal in the women's dual banked slalom SB-LL2 event at the 2021 World Para Snow Sports Championships held in Lillehammer, Norway. She also won the gold medal in the women's snowboard cross SB-LL2 event. Bunschoten and Renske van Beek also won the silver medal in the women's team event. Bunschoten and Chris Vos were the flagbearers for the Netherlands during the opening ceremony of the

2022 Winter Paralympics The 2022 Winter Paralympics (), commonly known as Beijing 2022 (), was an international winter multi-sport parasports event held in Beijing, China from 4 to 13 March 2022. This was the 13th Winter Paralympic Games, as administered by the Inter ...

in Beijing, China. Bunschoten missed out on winning a medal in the women's snowboard cross SB-LL2 event after a collision with eventual bronze medalist Brenna Huckaby of the United States. She also competed in the women's banked slalom SB-LL2 event.

Personal life

She is in a relationship with snowboarder Chris Vos.

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at World Para Snowboard * 1995 births Living people Dutch female snowboarders Paralympic snowboarders for the Netherlands Paralympic medalists in snowboarding Paralympic silver medalists for the Netherlands Paralympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands Snowboarders at the 2014 Winter Paralympics Snowboarders at the 2018 Winter Paralympics Snowboarders at the 2022 Winter Paralympics Medalists at the 2018 Winter Paralympics Sportspeople from Utrecht (city) 21st-century Dutch women {{Netherlands-Paralympic-medalist-stub