Maikel Scheffers (born 7 September 1982) is a

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wheelchair tennis Wheelchair tennis is one of the forms of tennis adapted for wheelchair users. The size of the court, net height and rackets are the same, but there are two major differences from pedestrian tennis: athletes use specially designed wheelchairs, ...

player. He plays singles and doubles events. Scheffers was born with

spina bifida Spina bifida (Latin for 'split spine'; SB) is a birth defect in which there is incomplete closing of the spine and the membranes around the spinal cord during early development in pregnancy. There are three main types: spina bifida occulta, me ...

. He lives in

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. He has won six

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titles—two in wheelchair singles and four in wheelchair doubles.

Paralympic Games

Scheffers participated in the

2008 Summer Paralympics The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games (), the 13th Summer Paralympic Games, took place in Beijing, China from September 6 to 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao. It was ...

in Beijing. He won a bronze medal in the wheelchair men singles competition. In the wheelchair men's doubles tournament, he and partner

Ronald Vink Ronald Vink (born April 21, 1976) is a professional wheelchair tennis player from the Netherlands. He specializes in doubles but also plays singles. Grand Slam performances Vink has reached grand slam wheelchair doubles finals, capturing his f ...

lost in the bronze medal game to

Shingo Kunieda is a Japanese wheelchair tennis player. He is the current world No. 1 in singles. With four Paralympic gold medals, 28 major singles titles – an all-time record in singles of any tennis discipline – and 50 major titles overall, Kunieda is ...

and

Satoshi Saida is a Japanese pioneering wheelchair tennis player and 2004 Summer Paralympics gold medalist ( Men's doubles with Shingo Kunieda). Saida, a big baseball enthusiast in his childhood, lost his left leg because of illness. At first, he used to p ...

Grand Slam performance timelines

Wheelchair singles

Source: Profile at www.australianopen.com and Profile at 2011.usopen.org

Wheelchair doubles

Source: Profile at www.australianopen.com and Profile at 2011.usopen.orgProfile at the US Open site

References

External links

Site of Maikel Scheffers
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Scheffers, Maikel 1982 births Living people Dutch male tennis players Wheelchair tennis players Paralympic wheelchair tennis players of the Netherlands Paralympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands Paralympic medalists in wheelchair tennis Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Wheelchair tennis players at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Wheelchair tennis players at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Wheelchair tennis players at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Wheelchair tennis players at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Australian Open (tennis) champions Sportspeople from 's-Hertogenbosch People with spina bifida ITF number 1 ranked wheelchair tennis players ITF World Champions 21st-century Dutch people