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Renske van Beek (born 25 April 1989) is a Dutch para-snowboarder in the SB-LL2 category.
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Renske van Beek (born 25 April 1989) is a Dutch para-snowboarder in the SB-LL2 category.
Van Beek sustained a cerebral infarction when she was ten, which left her paralyzed on one side. She started snowboarding because skiing was no longer possible. Through Bibian Mentel's Mentelity Foundation, she ended up in the U23 team of the Dutch Ski Association.
At the 2021 World Para Snow Sports Championships, van Beek won the bronze medal in the women's snowboard cross event. [1] [2] Along with Lisa Bunschoten, she also won the silver medal in the women's team event. [3]
She represented the Netherlands at the 2022 Winter Paralympics in Beijing, China. [4] She competed in the women's snowboard cross SB-LL2 and women's banked slalom SB-LL2 events. [5]
Ben Tudhope is an Australian Paralympian who has competed in para-snowboard cross at three Winter Paralympics 2014 to 2022. His selection at the age of 14 at the 2014 Winter Paralympics meant that he became Australia's youngest Winter Paralympian, replacing Michael Milton. He was the youngest competitor at the 2014 Winter Paralympic Games from any country. He also competed at the 2018 Winter Paralympics. At the 2022 Winter Paralympics, he won the bronze medal in the Men's Snowboard Cross SB-LL2.
Joany Badenhorst is a South African-born Australian Paralympian who was selected to compete in Para-snowboard cross at the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi. She would have been the first female snowboarder to represent Australia at the Winter Paralympics, but was forced to withdraw from her event after injuring her left knee on the morning of the event. In February 2018, she was selected in the Australian team to compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics.
Bibian Mentel-Spee was a Dutch three-fold Winter Paralympics gold-medalist, and five-times world champion para-snowboarding athlete. Mentel won the Paralympic gold medal in the snowboard cross discipline in the 2014 and 2018 Paralympic Winter Games, as well as in the banked slalom in 2018, despite battling cancer nine times since the beginning of the century. She won her 2018 medals at age 45.
Owen Pick is a British war veteran and snowboarder. Pick was injured in 2010 while serving in Afghanistan, losing his right leg. As part of his rehabilitation he was encouraged to try various sports. He subsequently found success in world para-snowboarding events, including representing his country in the Winter Olympics in his sport and as a flag bearer.
Brenna Huckaby is an American snowboarder. She competed at the 2018 Winter Paralympics, winning gold medals in the snowboard cross and banked slalom, and she won gold and a bronze medal at the 2022 Winter Paralympics. She is the first Paralympian to appear in the Swimsuit Issue of Sports Illustrated.
The Netherlands sent competitors to the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Four people competed in para-snowboarding. Five people competed in para-alpine skiing. Anna Jochemsen and Jeffrey Stuut are standing skiers. Linda van Impelen, Jeroen Kampschreur and Niels de Langen have all competed in all 5 para-alpine sit-ski events. Lisa Bunschoten, Bibian Mentel and Chris Vos all competed at the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi. Renske van Beek was the only snowboarder on Team Netherlands who did not go to Sochi.
Matti Suur-Hamari is a para-snowboarder. He is a three-time medalist, including two gold medals, at the Winter Paralympics.
Cécile Hernandez is a French para-snowboarder and four-time Paralympic medallist, with a gold medal from Beijing 2022, a silver medal from Sochi 2014 and both a silver and a bronze from PyeongChang 2018. She competes for the teams Les Angles and France Douanes, as well as the French national Paralympic team; outside sport, she is a customs officer journalist and writer.
Lisa Bunschoten is a Dutch para-snowboarder. She won a silver and a bronze medal in snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Paralympics.
Mike Schultz is a Paralympic snowboarder and the founder of BioDapt Inc, a prosthetics business. He is a gold and two-time silver medalist in snowboarding at the Winter Paralympics.
Snowboarding was one of the competitions at the 2022 Winter Paralympics in Beijing, China. In total, eight medal events were held.
Lisa DeJong is a Canadian retired para-snowboarder who competed in the SB-LL2 category. She won Canada's first Winter Paralympic medal at the 2022 Winter Paralympics, and retired on October 10, 2023.
Netherlands competed at the 2022 Winter Paralympics in Beijing, China which took place between 4–13 March 2022. In total, eight competitors competed in two sports.
Sandrine Hamel is a Canadian para-snowboarder who competes in the SB-LL2 category.
Romy Tschopp is a Swiss para-snowboarder in the SB-LL2 category.
Tyler Turner is a Canadian para-snowboarder who competes in the SB-LL1 category. He won the gold medal in the men's snowboard cross SB-LL1 event at the 2022 Winter Paralympics held in Beijing, China. He also won the bronze medal in the men's banked slalom SB-LL1 event.
Alex Massie is a Canadian para-snowboarder who competes in the SB-LL2 category.
Barbara van Bergen is a Dutch wheelchair basketball player and para-alpine skier.
Maxime Montaggioni is a French para-snowboarder and parataekwondo practitioner. Born without a right hand, he competes in the SB-UL category. Montaggioni is six-time medallist at the World Para Snowboard Championships and a bronze medalist at the World Para Taekwondo Championships.
Sun Qi is a Chinese para-snowboarder who competes in the SB-LL2 category.
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