Marjorie van de Bunt (born in Reeuwijk, 1 July 1968) is a Dutch

Paralympian The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the ''Games of the Paralympiad'', is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of physical disabilities, including impaired muscle power and impaire ...

athlete competing in

biathlon The biathlon is a winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. It is treated as a race, with contestants skiing through a cross-country trail whose distance is divided into shooting rounds. The shooting rounds are not tim ...

and

cross-country skiing Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing where skiers rely on their own locomotion to move across snow-covered terrain, rather than using ski lifts or other forms of assistance. Cross-country skiing is widely practiced as a sport and recreation ...

events. Van de Bunt has had a handicap on her left arm since she was five years old. At the age of thirteen she started with cross-country skiing as well as biathlon. She took part in three

Winter Paralympic Games The Winter Paralympic Games is an international multi-sport event where athletes with physical disabilities compete in snow and ice sports. The event includes athletes with mobility impairments, amputations, blindness, and cerebral palsy. ...

competing in the biathlon and cross-country skiing events. Over the course of her Paralympic career, she won a total of 10 medals. She retired from competition in 2002.

Winter Paralympic Games

Biathlon

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Cross Country Skiing

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bunt, Marjorie van de 1968 births Living people Paralympic gold medalists for the Netherlands Paralympic silver medalists for the Netherlands Paralympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands Dutch female biathletes Dutch female cross-country skiers Paralympic biathletes of the Netherlands Paralympic cross-country skiers of the Netherlands Biathletes at the 2002 Winter Paralympics Biathletes at the 1998 Winter Paralympics Biathletes at the 1994 Winter Paralympics Cross-country skiers at the 2002 Winter Paralympics Cross-country skiers at the 1998 Winter Paralympics Cross-country skiers at the 1994 Winter Paralympics Medalists at the 1994 Winter Paralympics Medalists at the 1998 Winter Paralympics Medalists at the 2002 Winter Paralympics People from Reeuwijk Paralympic medalists in biathlon Paralympic medalists in cross-country skiing Sportspeople from South Holland