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Marieke Vervoort
Belgian Paralympic athlete (1979–2019) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Marieke Vervoort (10 May 1979 – 22 October 2019) was a Belgian Paralympic athlete with reflex sympathetic dystrophy. She won several medals at the Paralympics, and she received worldwide attention in 2016 when she revealed that she was considering euthanasia.
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![]() Vervoort during the Run to walk again event in Tongerlo, September 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nickname | Wielemie[1][2][3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | Belgium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1979-05-10)10 May 1979[4] Diest, Belgium[3][5] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 22 October 2019(2019-10-22) (aged 40) Diest, Belgium[6] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Belgium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Wheelchair racing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | T52 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | T52 100m, 200m, 400m, 1,500m, 5,000m | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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