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Dutch Paralympic snowboarder

NationalityDutch

Born (1989-04-25) 25 April 1989 (age 36)

The Hague, Netherlands

Renske van Beek

Personal information

Nationality

Dutch

Born

(1989-04-25) 25 April 1989 (age 36)

The Hague, Netherlands

Medal record

Women's para snowboarding

Representing Netherlands
World Para Snow Sports Championships
	2021 Lillehammer	Team event
	2021 Lillehammer	Snowboard cross

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]

References

↑ "Canada's Tyler Turner beats 'best of the best' for first World Championships gold". 21 January 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
↑ Burke, Patrick (21 January 2022). "Pedersen clinches third gold of World Para Snow Sports Championships in Lillehammer". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
↑ "'O Canada' rings out twice as country's riders sweep team events". Paralympic.org. 22 January 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
↑ "Vijf alpineskiërs en drie snowboarders naar Paralympische Spelen Beijing". Team NL (in Dutch). 17 February 2022. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
↑ "Snowboarding Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Winter Paralympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 March 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2022.

External links

Renske van Beek at Paralympic.org
Renske van Beek at TeamNL (archived) (in Dutch)

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