Renske van Beek (born 25 April 1989) is a Dutch para-snowboarder in the SB-LL2 category.

Life and career

Van Beek sustained a

cerebral infarction A cerebral infarction is the pathologic process that results in an area of necrotic tissue in the brain (cerebral infarct). It is caused by disrupted blood supply ( ischemia) and restricted oxygen supply ( hypoxia), most commonly due to thromboemb ...

when she was ten, which left her paralyzed on one side. She started snowboarding because skiing was no longer possible. Through Bibian Mentel's Mentelity Foundation, she ended up in the U23 team of the Dutch Ski Association. At the 2021 World Para Snow Sports Championships, van Beek won the bronze medal in the women's snowboard cross event. Along with

Lisa Bunschoten Lisa Bunschoten (born 23 November 1995) is a Dutch Snowboarding, para-snowboarder. She won a silver and a bronze medal in snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Paralympics. Life and career Bunschoten was born with fibula aplasia. She competed at t ...

, she also won the silver medal in the women's team event. She represented the Netherlands at the

2022 Winter Paralympics The 2022 Winter Paralympics (), commonly known as Beijing 2022 (), was an international winter multi-sport parasports event held in Beijing, China from 4 to 13 March 2022. This was the 13th Winter Paralympic Games, as administered by the Inter ...

in Beijing, China. She competed in the women's snowboard cross SB-LL2 and women's banked slalom SB-LL2 events.

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* 1989 births Living people Dutch female snowboarders Paralympic snowboarders for the Netherlands Snowboarders at the 2018 Winter Paralympics Snowboarders at the 2022 Winter Paralympics Sportspeople from The Hague 21st-century Dutch women {{Netherlands-Paralympic-medalist-stub