Jennette Jansen

Jennette Jansen (born 17 April 1968, in Westerhaar) is a Paralympian from the Netherlands competing mainly in category TW4 wheelchair racing and later as a basketball player and cyclist.[1]

Jennette Jansen
Medal record
Representing  Netherlands
Paralympic Games
Women's paralympic athletics
1992 Barcelona 5000 metres – TW3-4
1992 Barcelona Marathon – TW3-4
1992 Barcelona 1500 metres – TW3-4
Women's wheelchair basketball
1996 Atlanta Team competition
Women's cycling
2016 Rio de Janeiro Road race H5

Biography

Jansen first appeared in the Paralympics in the Athletics events of the 1992 Barcelona games. There she won two silvers in 5000 m and marathon as well as bronze in the 1500 m all in combined TW3-4 classes. By the time of the Atlanta games in 1996 she was part of the Dutch team in wheelchair basketball that won the silver medal, she continued competing as part of the team in 2000 and 2004 but without any further medal success.

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