VISSER Jitske

Wheelchair Basketball

Date of Birth: 29 Oct 1992

Age: 28

Gender: Female

Sport Class: 1.0

Place of birth: ZWOLLE

Birth Country:

Netherlands

Place of residence : ERFURT

Residence Country:

Germany

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Wheelchair Basketball	Women NED Netherlands	1

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Musashino Forest Sport Plaza	Women's Preliminary Round Group B #02 NED Netherlands 68 USA United States 58	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Women's Preliminary Round Group B #15 CHN China 45 NED Netherlands 38	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Women's Preliminary Round Group B #19 NED Netherlands 109 ALG Algeria 18	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Women's Preliminary Round Group B #38 ESP Spain 24 NED Netherlands 63	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Women's Quarterfinal #53 NED Netherlands 82 JPN Japan 24	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Women's Semifinal #63 GER Germany 42 NED Netherlands 52	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Women's Gold Medal Match #71 NED Netherlands 50 CHN China 31	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Paralympic Games
3	Women	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
3	Women	2012	London, GBR
6	Women	2008	Beijing, CHN
World Championships
1	Women	2018	Hamburg, GER
3	Women	2014	Toronto, ON, CAN
5	Women	2010	Birmingham, GBR
European Championships
1	Women	2019	Rotterdam, NED
1	Women	2017	Tenerife, ESP

Jits (Athlete, 13 Aug 2016)

Shopping, camping, spending time with friends and family. (thbulls.com, 2020)

Occupation:

Athlete, Student

Psychology - Open University, Netherlands

Languages spoken:

RSB Thuringia Bulls [Germany] since 2017

Gertjan van der Linden [national], NED

2008 for Netherlands (Athlete, 13 Aug 2016)

She suffered a concussion in a car accident in January 2017. (destentor.nl, 12 May 2019)

National league:

Bundesliga [GER] (giessener-anzeiger.de, 20 Feb 2020)

She began the sport in 2003 at age 11 in Zwolle, Netherlands. (Athlete, 13 Aug 2016)

"Basketball is the most complete sport, both physically and mentally. I love team sports, working and reaching your goal together. Basketball is tactic, dynamic and fast, all at the same time." (Athlete, 13 Aug 2016)

Winning the gold medal at the 2018 World Championships in Hamburg, Germany. (sitness.nl, 27 Feb 2019)

General Interest

Classification
1.0 (thbulls.com, 2020)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (Athlete, 13 Aug 2016)

Impairment Details
"I was born with a syndrome called Jarcho Levin, which, in my case, basically means I have scoliosis." (Athlete, 13 Aug 2016)

Social Media

Legend

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

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