Lara Baars

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Lara Baars
Personal information
Born (1996-12-23) 23 December 1996 (age 27)
Sport
CountryNetherlands
Sport Para-athletics
Disability Achondroplasia (short stature)
Disability class F40
Events
Medal record
Women's para-athletics
Representing Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Paralympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 Rio de Janeiro Shot put F40
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Doha Shot put F40
European Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Berlin Shot put F40
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2021 Bydgoszcz Shot put F40
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Berlin Discus throw F41
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2021 Bydgoszcz Discus throw F41

Lara Baars (born 23 December 1996) is a Dutch Paralympic athlete competing in shot put and discus throw events. [1] She was born with achondroplasia, a form of dwarfism.

Baars represented the Netherlands at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and she won the bronze medal in the women's shot put F40 event. [2]

At the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha, Qatar, Baars won the silver medal in the women's shot put F40 event. [3] [4]

At the 2018 World Para Athletics European Championships in Berlin, Germany, Baars won the silver medal in the women's shot put F40 event and the bronze medal in the women's discus throw F41 event. [5] The following year, she competed in the women's shot put F40 event at the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates where she finished in 5th place with a new personal best of 7.47 m. [6]

Baars won two medals at the 2021 World Para Athletics European Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland: she won silver in the shot put F40 event and bronze in the discus throw F41 event. [7]

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References

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