HOLLANDER Megan

Netherlands
Badminton
10 Jul 1998
23
Female
SU5
HELMOND
 
Netherlands
HOORN
 
Netherlands

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
BDM Badminton Women's Singles SU5 7

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Yoyogi National Stadium Court 1
Women's Singles SU5 Group Play Stage - Group C
#WSSU5301
NED
HOLLANDER MHOLLANDER Megan
 Sport Class: SU5
0
POR
MONTEIRO BMONTEIRO Beatriz
 Sport Class: SU5
2
Finished
Yoyogi National Stadium Court 3
Women's Singles SU5 Group Play Stage - Group C
#WSSU5308
NED
HOLLANDER MHOLLANDER Megan
 Sport Class: SU5
2
UGA
ASIIMWE RASIIMWE Ritah
 Sport Class: SU5
0
Finished
Yoyogi National Stadium Court 3
Women's Singles SU5 Group Play Stage - Group C
#WSSU5310
CHN
YANG QYANG Qiuxia
 Sport Class: SU5
2
NED
HOLLANDER MHOLLANDER Megan
 Sport Class: SU5
0
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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RankEventYearLocation
World Championships
3Singles SU52015Stoke Mandeville, GBR
5Singles SU52019Basel, SUI
5Singles SU52017Ulsan, KOR
11Doubles SL3-SU52015Stoke Mandeville, GBR
17Doubles SL3-SU52017Ulsan, KOR
European Championships
3Singles SU52018Rodez, FRA
3Singles SU52016Beek, Bergh, Gld, NED
5Doubles SL3-SU52016Beek, Bergh, Gld, NED
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Athlete, Student
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Regional Training Centre [ROC] of Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Partner Jan-Peter
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Dutch, English
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Hoornse Badminton Vereniging [Netherlands]
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Eefje Muskens, NED, since 2018
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In May 2021 she tore a ligament in her right ankle while competing at an event in Cartagena, Spain, which kept her out of action for around three months. (Instagram profile, 09 Aug 2021)
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She took up the sport in 2015. (BWF TV YouTube channel, 04 Aug 2021; badmintoneurope.com, 17 Aug 2020)
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She took up the sport as a way of accepting her impairment. "Badminton made me feel different. Para badminton on the other hand didn't. It made me realise that I am not the only one who has a disability. When I started, that meant a lot to me because I always felt different, but not anymore." (badmintoneurope.com, 17 Aug 2020)
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To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (Instagram profile, 09 Aug 2021; bwfpara.tournamentsoftware.com, 11 May 2021)
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Winning bronze in SU5 singles at the 2015 World Championships in Stoke Mandeville, England. (bwfpara.tournamentsoftware.com, 11 May 2021)
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Spanish badminton player Carolina Marin. (bwfpara.tournamentsoftware.com, 11 May 2021)
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Her mother. (bwfpara.tournamentsoftware.com, 11 May 2021)
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"You are the best version of yourself, so make the best out of it." (badmintoneurope.com, 17 Aug 2020)

General Interest

Classification
SU5 (BWF, 11 May 2021)

General
TAKING A BREAK
In 2018 she took a six-month break from the sport after her mother passed away from cancer. "I started my Para badminton journey with her. Going to the Paralympics was our dream together. It's something we started together and it's something that I wanted to end with her, but I couldn't. I think that's the reason why I didn't want to play anymore. But I finally realised that I could do it and she's always with me. I have her ashes in my necklace so she can't get any closer than that. If you have thoughts about quitting and you don't know what to do, in your head the game doesn't work. If you're mentally not strong enough then competing doesn't make any sense. It's something that I had to work on for a very long time but I have to say that I'm mentally stronger now. I moved back to my hometown, I left the national training centre. I think that was the best thing to do for me so I could be back with my family again, see my friends a little more. I bought a house with my boyfriend, so we just started settling down and that makes me happier in life in general. That made me happier on court again." (BWF TV YouTube channel, 04 Aug 2021)

Legend
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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