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Born | [1] | 14 May 2000|||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Wheelchair basketball | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Xena Wimmenhoeve (born 14 May 2000) is a Dutch wheelchair basketball player
Wimmenhoeve began playing wheelchair basketball in early 2017 and made her debut for the national team in 2017 at the European championships. [1]
She has won three gold medals at the European Basketball Championships in 2017, 2019 and 2021. [2]
She has won gold medals at the Paralympic Games in 2020 [2] and 2024. [1]
Steven Dillon Serio is a wheelchair basketball player. As a co-captain of the USA Men's National Wheelchair Basketball Team, he led the American men to their first Paralympic gold medal since 1988 at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Paralympic Games and defended the gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics. He currently plays for the New York Rolling Knicks in the NWBA Championship Division.
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