Cher Korver

Cher Korver
Personal information
Born (1976-08-11) 11 August 1976 (age 48)
Amersfoort, Netherlands
Sport
CountryNetherlands
SportWheelchair basketball
Disabilityimpaired muscle power
Disability class2.5
Medal record
Women's wheelchair basketball
Representing the  Netherlands
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Team
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris Team
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
Bronze medal – third place 2012 London Team
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Hamburg Team
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Toronto Team
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Tenerife Team
Gold medal – first place 2019 Rotterdam Team

Cher Korver (born 11 August 1976) is a Dutch wheelchair basketball player (2.5 disability class) and a member of the Netherlands women's national wheelchair basketball team. With the national team she competed at 6 consecutive Summer Paralympics between 2000 and 2020. She won with the team the gold medal at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, and the bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Paralympics and 2016 Summer Paralympics.[1] She became world champion in 2018 and European champion in 2017 and 2019.[2]

Life

Korver was born in Amersfoort on 11 August 1976. She has impaired muscle power in her legs since she is 19 years old. started with playing wheelchair basketball in 1997. She made her debut for the national team in 1998 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship. She competed at the 2008 Paralympic World Cup.

She was awarded the Rob Verheuvel Award for her contribution to wheelchair basketball in 2014. She lives in Nijkerk.

References

  1. ^ "Cher Korver - Wheelchair Basketball - Paralympic Athlete Profile". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Wheelchair Basketball - KORVER Cher". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 6 September 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2021.