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Nationality | Dutch | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Leiderdorp, Netherlands | 9 April 1999|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 3 ft 9 in (115cm) [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Website | JeroenUnlimited.com [2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Para-alpine skiing, Wheelchair basketball | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Falco Teitsma, Nick Elsewaerd | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jeroen Kampschreur (born 9 April 1999 in Leiderdorp) is a Dutch paralympic skier. [5] Kampschreur was born without shinbones, which resulted in both of his legs being amputated above the knee at age one. Consequently, he began using a wheelchair. [1] On 23 March 2018, Kampschreur was knighted in the Order of Orange-Nassau. [8]
Kampschreur was a student at the Beekdal Lyceum in Arnhem, Netherlands. [9] He followed a HAVO education and passed his exams in 2018. [10] [11]
Kampschreur practiced wheelchair basketball, and represented the Netherlands in U18 and U22 level competitions, [1] at one point being the youngest player in the U22 team, [2] but decided to focus on para-alpine skiing. He won three gold medals on the 2017 World Para Alpine Skiing Championships. Kampschreur has also achieved several podium placements in the para-alpine skiing World Cup and Europa Cup spread over the events slalom, giant slalom and Super-G. He won five gold medals at the 2019 World Para Alpine Skiing Championships [6]
Kampschreur trains at the National Sports Centre Papendal in Arnhem, Netherlands. He has sessions twice a day, five days a week. [1]
Kampschreur participated in the 2018 Winter Paralympics where he won a gold medal in the men's super combined. [3] [5] This achievement made him the first Dutch athlete to win a medal in Para-Alpine skiing at the Paralympics. [1] He was chosen to be the flag bearer during the closing ceremony. [10]
He represented the Netherlands at the 2022 Winter Paralympics in Beijing, China. [12] [13] He won the silver medal in the men's super combined sitting event. [14] [15] [16]
Kampschreur has served as an ambassador for the Johan Cruyff Foundation in the Netherlands. [1] [5]
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