Anouk Taggenbrock (born 13 August 1994) is a
2.5 disability class Dutch wheelchair basketball player and a member of the
Netherlands women's national wheelchair basketball team. She won the gold medal at the
2020 Summer Paralympics
The , branded as the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport event, multi-sport parasports event held from 24 August to 5 September 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. They were the 16th Summer Paralympic Games as organized by the Inte ...
, with the national team.
Life
When she was 13 years old she received a
spinal cord
The spinal cord is a long, thin, tubular structure made up of nervous tissue that extends from the medulla oblongata in the lower brainstem to the lumbar region of the vertebral column (backbone) of vertebrate animals. The center of the spinal c ...
infection that resulted in a
spinal cord injury
A spinal cord injury (SCI) is damage to the spinal cord that causes temporary or permanent changes in its function. It is a destructive neurological and pathological state that causes major motor, sensory and autonomic dysfunctions.
Symptoms of ...
. She studied at the
University of Applied Sciences Utrecht (Business Administration, Pharmacy).
After playing wheelchair tennis at elite level, she switched to wheelchair basketball after a Paralympic talent day.
References
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1994 births
Living people
Dutch women's wheelchair basketball players
Dutch wheelchair tennis players
Sportspeople from Utrecht (city)
Paralympic wheelchair basketball players for the Netherlands
Wheelchair basketball players at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Paralympic medalists in wheelchair basketball
Paralympic gold medalists for the Netherlands
21st-century Dutch sportswomen
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