Anouk Taggenbrock

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Anouk Taggenbrock
Personal information
NationalityDutch
Born (1994-08-13) 13 August 1994 (age 30)
Utrecht, Netherlands
Sport
CountryNetherlands
Sport Wheelchair basketball
Disability class 2.5
ClubSC Antilope Utrecht
Medal record
Women's wheelchair basketball
Representing Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Paralympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2020 Tokyo Team

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]

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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

  1. 1 2 3 "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.