Desiree Vranken
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Nationality | Dutch | |||||||||||
Born | Roermond, Netherlands | June 28, 1997|||||||||||
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Country | Netherlands | |||||||||||
Sport | Wheelchair racing | |||||||||||
Disability | Congenital | |||||||||||
Disability class | T34 | |||||||||||
Club | Swift Atletiek: Roermond | |||||||||||
Coached by | Ralf Janssen | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Desiree Vranken (born 28 June 1997) is a Dutch wheelchair racer who competes in T34 classification sprint events.[1] Her most notable athletics achievement came at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London where she finished in third place to claim the bronze medal in the 200 metre sprint.[2] Vranken has also represented her country at World and European Championships, recording four fourth places to keep her just outside the medal places.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Vranken, Desiree". Paralympic.org. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
- ^ a b Infostrada Sports. "Vranken, Desiree". International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 27 August 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
Categories:
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Dutch female wheelchair racers
- People from Roermond
- 1985 births
- Dutch female sprinters
- Living people
- Paralympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands
- Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Paralympic athletes for the Netherlands
- 20th-century Dutch women
- 21st-century Dutch women
- Sportspeople from Limburg (Netherlands)
- Dutch athletics biography stubs
- Dutch Paralympic medalist stubs