Bo Kramer

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Bo Kramer
Personal information
NationalityDutch
Born15 September 1998 (1998-09-15) (age 25)
Almere, Netherlands
Sport
CountryNetherlands
Sport Wheelchair basketball
Disabilityimpaired muscle power
Disability class 4.5
Medal record
Women's wheelchair basketball
Representing Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Paralympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2020 Tokyo Team

Bo Kramer (born 15 September 1998) is a Dutch para-wheelchair athlete. [1] [2] A wheelchair basketball player who represents the Netherlands, she won gold at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. She was described as "one of the top wheelchair basketball players in the world" by the BBC. [3] [4]

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References

  1. "Wheelchair Basketball: KRAMER Bo". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 26 August 2021. Date of Birth: 15 Sep 1998 / Place of birth: ALMERE
  2. "Netherlands' Bo Kramer reveals her inner steel ahead of Tokyo 2020". paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. 12 August 2021.
  3. "Bo Kramer: Loughborough Lightning's Dutch wheelchair basketballer juggling ambitions on and off court". BBC Sport. 3 February 2023.
  4. "LGBT+ History Month: Wheelchair basketball star Bo Kramer on different attitudes". BBC Sport. 20 February 2023.