Romy Pansters (born 22 April 1996) is a Dutch paratriathlete and former Paralympic swimmer who competes at international level events, she was also a tennis player and handballer at national youth level before suffering from a blood clot in her spinal cord which led to paraplegia in June 2006 and has used a wheelchair since however is learning to walk again through rehabilitation. During her swimming career, she has won two European swimming medals and was a finalist in the women's 400m freestyle S8 where she finished last place as well as swimming at the 50m freestyle S8 and 100m freestyle S8.[1]
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| Born | 22 April 1996 Nuth, Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Paralympic swimming Paratriathlon | |||||||||||||||||
| Disability | Paraplegia | |||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | S8 | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Pansters switched sports and turned to paratriathlon in 2015, she competed in the ETU Paratriathlon Championships but did not finish after she crashed her bike during the race in Lisbon.[2]
References edit
- ^ "Romy Pansters - IPC Athlete Bio". ipc.infostradasports.com. 4 August 2020.[dead link]
- ^ "Paratriatlete Romy Pansters crasht met handbike (in Dutch)". 1limburg. 28 May 2016.