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Carina de Rooij

b. 1980

Dutch basketball player

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About Carina de Rooij

Born 1980. Carina de Rooij is a Dutch basketball player.

Carina de Rooij-Versloot (born 10 May 1980) is a Dutch wheelchair basketball player. She is a member of the Netherlands women's national wheelchair basketball team. She competed at four Paralympic Games and won two Paralympic bronze medal, and a gold medal.

Biography Versloot broke her back in 1999 during gymnastics training at the Hellas gymnastics club in Tiel. As a result, she had incomplete paraplegia. During her rehabilitation at the Rehabilitation Center "De Hoogsstraat" in Utrecht, she came into contact with wheelchair basketball.

After competing at the 2004 Summer Paralympics and 2008 Summer Paralympics she won the bronze medal at the 2012 Paralympics and also four years later at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. She also competed at other international tournaments, including the 2014 Women's World Wheelchair Basketball Championship and 2018 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship.

She is a member of the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation's Athlete Steering Committee. In daily life she is a child and youth psychologist.

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Important facts

Birth century
Occupation
Awards
Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau
Also known as
Carina Versloot, Carina de Rooij-Versloot

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Carina de Rooij?

Dutch basketball player

When was Carina de Rooij born?

Carina de Rooij was born on 10 May 1980.

What is Carina de Rooij's occupation?

Carina de Rooij is a basketball player.

What nationality is Carina de Rooij?

Carina de Rooij is Dutch.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Carina de Rooij

· Wikidata: Q97572581

· DBpedia: Carina de Rooij-Versloot

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