KNIPPELMEYER Lena

Wheelchair Basketball

Date of Birth: 6 Apr 1990

Age: 31

Gender: Female

Sport Class: 4.5

Place of birth: EMDEN

Birth Country:

Germany

Place of residence : OSNABRUCK

Residence Country:

Germany

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Wheelchair Basketball	Women GER Germany	4

Schedule

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

Rank	Event	Year	Location
European Championships
3	Women	2019	Rotterdam, NED

Occupation:

Neurological Science, Psychology - University of Oldenburg, Germany

Languages spoken:

English, German, Spanish

Dennis Nohl [national], GER

Position style:

Forward (waf-rollt.de, 01 Jan 2020)

2019 for Germany, European Championship in Rotterdam, Netherlands (Athlete, 22 Aug 2021)

She took up wheelchair basketball at age 25. (wn.de, 10 Jun 2021)

She tried the sport after a serious knee injury ended her handball career in 2014. (wn.de, 10 Jun 2021)

To win a medal at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (rsc-os.de, 01 Jun 2021)

She has two training sessions daily. (die-glocke.de, 31 Jul 2021)

General Interest

Classification
4.5 (IWBF, 16 Aug 2021)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (wn.de, 10 Jun 2021)

Impairment Details
Her impairment is the result of a serious knee injury. (teamdeutschland-paralympics.de, 26 Jul 2021; wn.de, 10 Jun 2021)

General
CLUB SEASON
She spent the 2020/21 season playing for German club BBC Munsterland in Warendorf, Germany, as her parent club RSC Osnabruck were unable to field a team due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (rsc-os.de, 01 Jun 2021)

OCCUPATION
She works as a neuropsychologist, after studying neurocognitive psychology at the University of Oldenburg in Germany. (Athlete, 22 Aug 2021)

Social Media

https://instagram.com/knippsi_

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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