About Marlou van Rhijn
Born 1991. Marlou van Rhijn is a Dutch athletics competitor.
Personal Marlou van Rhijn was born on 22 October 1991 in Monnickendam in the Netherlands.
She studied commercial economics at the Johan Cruyff Institute in Amsterdam. She stopped swimming competitively in 2010 due to lack of motivation. Despite qualifying as T43, she competes in the class T44 at the 100 and 200 meters. She qualified for the 2012 Summer Paralympics in May 2012, while competing at the Stadio Olimpico. She was invested as a Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau after winning her Paralympic medals.
She left the national paralympic team. She started training after the Paralympic Games in Ookmeer, Amsterdam with her new coach Parcy Marte, who also trains non-paralympic people.
In the build up to the 2016 Summer Paralympics she was supportive of Shardea Arias de la Cruz when she decided to create a Paralympic committee and team for the small island nation of Aruba.
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Athletics
Swimming
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Who is Marlou van Rhijn?
Dutch double-amputee runner
When was Marlou van Rhijn born?
Marlou van Rhijn was born on 21 October 1991 in Waterland.
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Marlou van Rhijn is an athletics competitor.
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Marlou van Rhijn is Dutch.
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