Lindsay Frelink

Lindsay Frelink
Personal information
NationalityDutch
Born (1999-08-06) 6 August 1999 (age 25)
Sport
CountryNetherlands
SportWheelchair basketball
Disabilityspinal cord injury
Disability class2.0
ClubOnly Friends
Medal record
Women's wheelchair basketball
Representing  Netherlands
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Team
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris Team
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Hamburg Team
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Tenerife Team
Gold medal – first place 2019 Rotterdam Team
Gold medal – first place 2021 Madrid Team

Lindsay Frelink (born 6 August 1999) is a Dutch wheelchair basketball player (2.0 disability class) and a member of the Netherlands women's national wheelchair basketball team. She won the gold medal at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, with the national team.[1]

Life

Frelink was born with spina bifida. Frelink studied graphic design at Mediacollege Amsterdam. She lives in Heerhugowaard.[1]

Frelink started with wheelchair basketball when she was 12 years old. She made her debut for the national team in 2017 and won in that year the gold medal at the European Championships in Tenerife.[1]

She competed at the 2018 World Championship, and 2017 and 2019 European championships . [1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Wheelchair Basketball: FRELINK Lindsay". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 6 September 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.