MAYER Svenja

Germany
Wheelchair Basketball
21 May 1991
30
Female
2.5
AMBERG
 
Germany
WIESBADEN
 
Germany

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
WBK Wheelchair Basketball Women
GER
Germany
 4

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Musashino Forest Sport Plaza
Women's Preliminary Round Group A
#06
GER
Germany
77
AUS
Australia
58
Finished
Musashino Forest Sport Plaza
Women's Preliminary Round Group A
#24
GBR
Great Britain
35
GER
Germany
53
Finished
Ariake Arena
Women's Preliminary Round Group A
#33
GER
Germany
59
CAN
Canada
57
Finished
Ariake Arena
Women's Preliminary Round Group A
#39
JPN
Japan
54
GER
Germany
59
Finished
Ariake Arena
Women's Quarterfinal
#52
GER
Germany
57
ESP
Spain
33
Finished
Ariake Arena
Women's Semifinal
#63
GER
Germany
42
NED
Netherlands
52
Finished
Ariake Arena
Women's Bronze Medal Match
#70
GER
Germany
51
USA
United States
64
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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RankEventYearLocation
World Championships
3Women2018Hamburg, GER
European Championships
3Women2019Rotterdam, NED
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Svenson (Athlete, 23 Aug 2021)
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Going for walks with her dog, spending time with friends, reading. (Athlete, 23 Aug 2021)
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Hairdresser
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Partner Andre Hopp
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German
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Rhine River Rhinos [Wiesbaden, GER] since 2017
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Andre Hopp [club]; Dennis Nohl [national], GER
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Guard (rhine-river-rhinos.de, 09 Jul 2019)
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Her partner Andre Hopp has played wheelchair basketball for the Rhine River Rhinos team in Germany. He has also served as the team's head coach. (rhine-river-rhinos.de, 20 Feb 2021; bento.de, 27 Jul 2019)
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2018 for Germany Against Algeria, World Championships in Hamburg, Germany (onetz.de, 17 Aug 2018; teamdeutschland-paralympics.de, 28 Jun 2019)
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Rollstuhlbasketball Bundesliga [GER] (rhine-river-rhinos.de, 09 Jul 2019)
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She began the sport in 2015. (wiesbadener-kurier.de, 19 Oct 2019)
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"After my car accident I spent a year in a rehabilitation clinic. They want to prepare their patients for their new life and one of the things they do is organise sport. I found wheelchair basketball interesting and fascinating. I was also keen on horseback riding. Equestrian sport was my everything before my accident. I owned two horses and, with a lot of fighting spirit, I was able to practise horse riding as well after the accident." (wiesbadener-kurier.de, 19 Oct 2019)
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To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (team-tokio-mrn.de, 09 Jul 2019)
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German wheelchair basketball players Laura Furst and Johanna Welin. (teamdeutschland-paralympics.de, 28 Jun 2019)
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Her mother. (bento.de, 27 Jul 2019)
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"If you can dream it, you can do it." (Athlete, 23 Aug 2021)

General Interest

Classification
2.5 (IWBF, 16 Aug 2021)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (bento.de, 27 Jul 2019)

Impairment Details
She has paraplegia as the result of a car accident in 2011. She was in a coma for six weeks, and awoke to discover she could no longer walk. "I was in so much pain that I didn't care whether I could ever walk again or not. I just wanted the pain to go away. I was not breathing by myself, so I was unable to speak. But I processed it and dealt with it. My father died when I was 12 and I learned early on to accept things that I have no control over." (bento.de, 27 Jul 2019)

General
EARLY INSPIRATION
Within a year of starting wheelchair basketball she was invited to a training camp with a regional side. There, she met two German national team players, Laura Furst and Johanna Welin. "They really became role models for me. They told me how much they travel around the world with the national team and what great experiences they have. I was just at the beginning and they showed me that you can reach your goals even with a wheelchair. I then decided that I would also like to join the national team." (bento.de, 27 Jul 2019; teamdeutschland-paralympics.de, 28 Jun 2019)

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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