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| Full name | Linda Johanna Wilhelmina van Impelen | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Dutch | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 August 1985 (age 39) Helmond | ||||||||||||||
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Linda Johanna Wilhelmina van Impelen (born 8 August 1985) is a Dutch paralympic alpine skier. She represents the Netherlands in various alpine disciplines. She won a silver medal at the 2018 Winter Paralympics.
Linda was injured in 2009 in a car accident. [1]
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