born june german point wheelchair basketball player played german wheelchair basketball league national team german women national wheelchair basketball team won bronze world cup amsterdam won time european champions silver medal summer paralympics beijing gold medal summer paralympics london team voted team year disabled sports presented germany highest sports award president awarded team second silver leaf won gold medal summer paralympics time champion college team helped win european cup spain played retired wheelchair basketball women world wheelchair basketball championship toronto won silver took won silver women race won gold event biography born june raised town age playing felt pain doctor straightened hours lost feeling legs rushed hospital blood discovered diagnosed spent months hospital repeat year max gymnasium graduated confined wheelchair return playing sport initially tried sitting took wheelchair tennis winning hungarian open ultimately switched wheelchair basketball playing invited attend german national team training camp coach following year national team won bronze world championships amsterdam mentor professor professor advised pursue sporting career united_states attended week basketball camp illinois noticed coach canadian men national wheelchair basketball team college team years won national championship team semester break travelled german women national team tournaments preparation camps german women european champions home crowd graduated degree moved germany helped win european cup spain started playing american degree accepted germany qualified rehabilitation hamburg worked patients helping wheelchair mobile strengthening chest upper arm muscles makes difference says walk september participated summer paralympics beijing germany beaten gold medal game team united_states contained number teammates opponents german team took home paralympic silver medals instead paralympics team performance considered impressive named national team year received silver laurel leaf germany highest sporting honour german president honoured entry golden book helped national team defend title national team england hoped rematch united_states summer paralympic games london instead faced team beaten americans australia women national wheelchair basketball team included illinois teammates defeated australians crowd win gold medal awarded president november named team year retired wheelchair basketball women world wheelchair basketball championship toronto won silver took training hamburg canoe club basketball said learned sight set big goal doesn turn end world helps goal set according coach easy fighting reach training target gives hard work paid earn national team selection won silver women race personal best time seconds time minute mark canoe sprint world cup went better winning gold despite canoe morning warm achievements bronze world championship amsterdam netherlands united_states gold european championship germany gold national championship united_states beijing china great_britain silver world championships birmingham great_britain gold european championships israel gold paralympic games london england frankfurt germany silver world championships toronto canada silver canoe sprint world cup germany gold germany awards team year silver laurel leaf entry golden book city team year silver laurel leaf year
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