born november german wheelchair basketball player team took silver medal women wheelchair basketball summer paralympics beijing gold medal winning team wheelchair basketball summer paralympics london promising basketball career cut short anterior injury teenager took wheelchair basketball playing game went win national championships began training national team november international debut european championships biography born november swimmer basketball player playing seconds game knocked resulting torn anterior damage operations failed restore knee state play professional basketball able walk ended basketball career time moved studied sports management focus sports marketing worked time marketing consultant energy company coaching played regional league knee bothered national league offers cancelled later manager persuaded try wheelchair basketball began playing seconds 18th birthday went win national championship playing forward moved hamburg boyfriend christian lives plays forward center hamburg mixed gender team april hamburg team won international title november began training national team international debut european championships german national team won gold european championships went win losing netherlands september participated summer paralympics beijing germany beaten gold medal game united_states team taking home paralympic silver medals instead paralympics team performance considered impressive named national team year received silver laurel leaf germany highest sporting honour german president german team hoped rematch united_states summer paralympics london instead faced team beaten americans australia women national wheelchair basketball team defeated australians crowd win gold medal time germany won women wheelchair basketball paralympics awarded second silver president november named team year paralympics required rest months surgery repair damaged little right finger returned germany lost netherlands won silver women world wheelchair basketball championship toronto german team defeated canada final achievements gold european championships germany silver paralympic games beijing china england silver world championships birmingham england gold european championships israel gold paralympic games london england frankfurt germany silver world championships toronto canada gold awards team year silver laurel leaf team year
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