Maikel Scheffers (born 7 September 1982) is a
Dutch wheelchair tennis player. He plays singles and doubles events. Scheffers was born with
spina bifida. He lives in
Dorst
Dorst is a village in the municipality Oosterhout, in the Dutch province North Brabant. Dorst is located near Rijen and the nearest cities are Breda, Oosterhout and Tilburg.
Toponymy
The name ''Dorst'' is supposed to originate from ''Dornt' ...
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He has won six
Grand Slam titles—two in wheelchair singles and four in wheelchair doubles.
Paralympic Games
Scheffers participated in the
2008 Summer Paralympics
The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games (), the 13th Summer Paralympic Games, took place in Beijing, China from September 6 to 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao. It was f ...
in Beijing. He won a bronze medal in the wheelchair men singles competition. In the wheelchair men's doubles tournament, he and partner
Ronald Vink lost in the bronze medal game to
Shingo Kunieda and
Satoshi Saida.
Grand Slam performance timelines
Wheelchair singles
Source: Profile at www.australianopen.com and Profile at 2011.usopen.org
Wheelchair doubles
Source: Profile at www.australianopen.com and Profile at 2011.usopen.orgProfile at the US Open site
References
External links
Site of Maikel Scheffers
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1982 births
Living people
Dutch male tennis players
Wheelchair tennis players
Paralympic wheelchair tennis players of the Netherlands
Paralympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands
Paralympic medalists in wheelchair tennis
Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Wheelchair tennis players at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Wheelchair tennis players at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Wheelchair tennis players at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Wheelchair tennis players at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Australian Open (tennis) champions
Sportspeople from 's-Hertogenbosch
People with spina bifida
ITF number 1 ranked wheelchair tennis players
ITF World Champions
21st-century Dutch people