Marlene van Gansewinkel (born 11 March 1995) is a Dutch Paralympic athlete. In 2021, she won the gold medal in both the women's 100 metres T64 and 200 metres T64 events at the

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in Tokyo, Japan. She also won the bronze medal in the women's long jump T64 event. In 2016, she won the bronze medal in the women's long jump T44 event at the

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in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She has also won medals in the long jump and in sprinting events at the

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and the World Para Athletics European Championships.

Early life

Van Gansewinkel was born without her lower left leg and lower left arm.

Career

Early in her career, Van Gansewinkel competed as a T44-classified athlete. In 2014, she competed in the women's 100 metres T44, 200 metres T44 and 400 metres T44 events at the IPC Athletics European Championships held in Swansea, Wales. She missed out on winning a medal as she finished in 4th place in all three events. At the

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held in Doha, Qatar, she won the silver medal in the women's long jump T44 event. Van Gansewinkel represented the Netherlands at the

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in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and she won the bronze medal in the women's long jump T44 event. She also competed in the women's 100 metres T44 event where she finished in 7th place. At the beginning of 2018,

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implemented classification changes and, as of that year, Van Gansewinkel competes as a T64-classified athlete, a class specifically for athletes with a single below the knee amputation. In that year, she won the gold medal in both the women's 100 metres T64 and women's 200 metres T64 events 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. In the 100 metres she also set a new world record of 12.85 seconds. In 2019, Van Gansewinkel won the silver medal in the women's 100 metres T64 event at the

held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. She also won the silver medal in the women's long jump T64 event. She was disqualified in the women's 200 metres T64 event for running out of lane. In 2021, she won the gold medal in the women's 200 metres T64 event at the World Para Athletics European Championships held in Bydgoszcz, Poland. She also won the silver medal in the women's 100 metres T64 and women's long jump T64 events. In the long jump she set a new personal best of 5.82 metres. Van Gansewinkel represented the Netherlands at the

in Tokyo, Japan. She won the gold medal in both the women's 100 metres T64 and 200 metres T64 events. She also won the bronze medal in the women's long jump T64 event. She won the silver medal in the women's long jump T64 event at the

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held in Paris, France.

Awards

In 2018, she won the Dutch Paralympic Athlete of the Year award.

Personal life

In 2017, Van Gansewinkel founded Team Para Atletiek together with Paralympic athlete

Fleur Jong Fleur Jong (; born 17 December 1995) is a Dutch Paralympic athlete. She won the gold medal in the women's long jump T64 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan. She also set a new world record of 6.16 metres. , her current wo ...

and coach Guido Bonsen which aims to help beginning and experienced para-athletes.

Achievements

Track

Field

References

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