Barbara van Bergen

In this Dutch name, the surname is van Bergen, not Bergen.

Barbara van Bergen

van Bergen in 2015
Personal information
National team	Netherlands
Born	(1978-06-09) 9 June 1978 (age 46) Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands
Sport
Country	Netherlands
Sport	Wheelchair basketball Para-alpine skiing
Event	Women's wheelchair basketball
Medal record Representing  Netherlands Women's wheelchair basketball Paralympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team 2012 London Team European Wheelchair Basketball Championship 2013 Frankfurt Team 2015 Worcester Team 2011 Nazareth Team 2009 Stoke Mandeville Team 2007 Wetzlar Team Wheelchair Basketball World Championship 2014 Toronto Team Women's para-alpine skiing World Championships 2023 Lleida Downhill 2021 Lillehammer Downhill

Barbara van Bergen (born 9 June 1978) is a Dutch wheelchair basketball player and para-alpine skier.

Career

Wheelchair basketball

Van Bergen began her career in 2007 with the team of the Rotterdam Arrows'81 and in 2008 played for the Dutch women's wheelchair basketball team at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, where they reached the quarter-finals. Three years later, the Dutch wheelchair basketball team qualified for the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London. After losing in the semi-final, they won the bronze medal match.^[1]

After winning gold at the 2013 Women's European Wheelchair Basketball Championship in Frankfurt, and bronze at the 2014 Women's World Wheelchair Basketball Championship in Toronto, the Dutch team won the silver medal at the 2015 Women's European Wheelchair Basketball Championship, thus qualifying for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, where they won the bronze medal once again.^[2]

Para-alpine skiing

Van Bergen has been active in sitting para-alpine skiing since 2014. After the 2016 Paralympic Games, she focused on this sport. In December 2021, she managed to qualify for the 2022 Winter Paralympics in Beijing.^[3][4] At the 2021 World Para Snow Sports Championships held in Lillehammer, Norway, van Bergen won the silver medal in the downhill event.^[5]

References

1. "Barbara van Bergen - Alpine Skiing, Wheelchair Basketball | Paralympic Athlete Profile". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
2. "Wheelchair Basketball - Netherlands". www.paralympic.org. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
3. "Barbara van Bergen campaigns for more women in Para sport". paralympic.org. 8 March 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
4. "Vijf alpineskiërs en drie snowboarders naar Paralympische Spelen Beijing". Team NL (in Dutch). 17 February 2022. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
5. "Winter Paralympics preview: Para alpine skiing day one". paralympic.org. 22 February 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2022.

External links

• Official website