Anouk Taggenbrock
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Nationality | Dutch | ||||||||||||||
Born | Utrecht, Netherlands | 13 August 1994||||||||||||||
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Country | Netherlands | ||||||||||||||
Sport | Wheelchair basketball | ||||||||||||||
Disability class | 2.5 | ||||||||||||||
Club | SC Antilope Utrecht | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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, with the national team.[1]
Life
When she was 13 years old she received a spinal cord infection that resulted in a spinal cord injury. She studied at the University of Applied Sciences Utrecht (Business Administration, Pharmacy).[1] After playing wheelchair tennis at elite level, she switched to wheelchair basketball after a Paralympic talent day.[1]
References
- ^ a b c "Wheelchair Basketball: TAGGENBROCK Anouk". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 26 August 2021. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
External links
- Anouk Taggenbrock at the International Paralympic Committee
- Anouk Taggenbrock at TeamNL (archive) (in Dutch)