Romy Pansters (born 22 April 1996) is a

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paratriathlete and former

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who competes at international level events, she was also a

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player and handballer at national youth level before suffering from a blood clot in her spinal cord which led to paraplegia in June 2006 and has used a wheelchair since however is learning to walk again through rehabilitation. During her swimming career, she has won two European swimming medals and was a finalist in the women's 400m freestyle S8 where she finished last place as well as swimming at the 50m freestyle S8 and 100m freestyle S8. Pansters switched sports and turned to paratriathlon in 2015, she competed in the ETU Paratriathlon Championships but did not finish after she crashed her bike during the race in Lisbon.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pansters, Romy 1996 births Living people Sportspeople from Valkenburg aan de Geul Paralympic swimmers of the Netherlands Paratriathletes of the Netherlands Dutch female triathletes Dutch female freestyle swimmers Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the World Para Swimming European Championships S8-classified Paralympic swimmers