Margriet van den Broek (born 30 March 1974) is a Dutch

wheelchair racer Wheelchair racing is the racing of wheelchairs in track and road races. Wheelchair racing is open to athletes with any qualifying type of disability, amputees, spinal cord injuries, cerebral palsy and partially sighted (when combined with another ...

. She won the gold medal in the women's 800 metres T54 event at the

2018 World Para Athletics European Championships The 2018 World Para Athletics European Championships was a track and field competition for athletes with a disability open to International Paralympic Committee (IPC) affiliated countries within Europe, plus Azerbaijan and Israel. It was held in ...

held in Berlin, Germany. She also won the silver medal in the women's 5000 metres T54 event and the bronze medal in the women's 1500 metres T54 event. In 2014, van den Broek won the silver medal in the women's 100 metres T54 event at the

2014 IPC Athletics European Championships The 2014 IPC Athletics European Championships was a track and field competition for athletes with a disability open to International Paralympic Committee (IPC) affiliated countries within Europe, plus Azerbaijan and Israel. It was held in Swanse ...

held in Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom. In the same year, she also won the silver medal in the women's wheelchair race at the 2014 Berlin Marathon held in Berlin, Germany. In 2015, she won the bronze medal in both the women's 400 metres T54 and women's 800 metres T54 events at the

2015 IPC Athletics World Championships The 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships were a Paralympic track and field meet organized by the World Para Athletics subcommittee of the International Paralympic Committee. The event was the 7th edition of what is now known as the World Para ...

held in Doha, Qatar. In 2019, she finished in 4th place in the women's wheelchair race at the

2019 Tokyo Marathon The 2019 Tokyo Marathon ( ja, 東京マラソン 2019) was the thirteenth edition of the annual marathon race in Tokyo and was held on Sunday, 3 March. An IAAF Gold Label Road Race, it was the first World Marathon Majors event to be held that yea ...

in Tokyo, Japan. In 2020, she finished in 5th place in the women's wheelchair race at the

2020 London Marathon The 2020 London Marathon was the 40th running of the annual marathon race in London, United Kingdom, which took place on 4 October 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the race was postponed from 26 April and only allowed elite participants; th ...

in London, United Kingdom.

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* * 1974 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Dutch female wheelchair racers Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Paralympic athletes for the Netherlands 20th-century Dutch women 21st-century Dutch women {{Netherlands-athletics-bio-stub