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
Source: www.paralympic.org
Cross Country Skiing
Source: www.paralympic.org
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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