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| Nationality | Dutch | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 August 1994 Utrecht, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||
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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]
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]