Regina Isecke
| Country (sports) |  Germany |
|---|---|
| Born | 5 January 1953 Pulheim, Germany |
| Died | 26 June 2015 (aged 62) Lohmar, Germany |
| Turned pro | 1991 |
| Retired | 2002 |
| Singles | |
| Highest ranking | No. 3 (26 January 1993) |
| Other tournaments | |
| Paralympic Games | SF – 3rd (1992) |
Medal record | |
Regina Isecke (5 January 1953 – 26 June 2015) was a German wheelchair tennis player who competed in international level events. She was known as a pioneer in wheelchair tennis in Germany and was the German Wheelchair Tennis Association's president for many years until her death.[1][2]
Isecke was involved in an accident in 1971 resulting in a spinal cord injury and paraplegia, she was previously a wheelchair basketball player and a para table tennis player before switching to wheelchair tennis.[3]
A street in Junkersdorf, Cologne is named after her, Regina-Isecke-Straße, in 2018.[4]
References
- ^ "Trauer um Regina Isecke (in German)". Deutscher Tennis Bund. 2 July 2015.
- ^ "Regina Isecke - ITF Profile". International Tennis Federation. 8 July 2020.
- ^ "Behinderthensportler trauern um Regina Isecke (in German)". www.ksta.de. 30 June 2015.
- ^ "Lindenthaler Straßen passen auf 200 Seiten (in German)". Kolner Wochenspiegel. 27 February 2018.
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Categories:
- 1953 births
- 2015 deaths
- German female tennis players
- German wheelchair tennis players
- Paralympic wheelchair tennis players for Germany
- Paralympic bronze medalists for Germany
- Paralympic medalists in wheelchair tennis
- Medalists at the 1992 Summer Paralympics
- Wheelchair tennis players at the 1992 Summer Paralympics
- Wheelchair tennis players at the 1996 Summer Paralympics
- People from Pulheim
- Sportspeople from Cologne (region)
- Tennis players from North Rhine-Westphalia
- 20th-century German women