born october point wheelchair basketball player plays germany previously played italy played german national team won european title runner runner world championship birmingham won silver medal summer paralympics beijing gold medal summer paralympics london team voted team year disabled sports president presented germany highest sports award president awarded team second silver leaf won gold medal summer paralympics biography born october economics works sports funding body das says national team calls available began playing basketball suffered severe anterior injury took wheelchair basketball point player initially playing home town team subsequently moved cologne lives stint italy played important role rise team moved italian club santo playing italy returned joined german national team went win european championships bronze world championships amsterdam silver world championships birmingham september participated summer paralympics beijing german team beaten gold medal game united_states took home paralympic silver medals paralympics team performance considered impressive named national team year received silver laurel leaf germany highest sporting honour german president beat olympic gold long distance runner title cologne year team won sixth time row qualifying summer paralympic games london team preparation toured united_states australia captain team london gold medal match london team faced australia women national wheelchair basketball team defeated sydney months earlier capacity crowd north arena included mother sister german team undefeated point started slowly games united_states china winning games point margins play best basketball final minutes game defeated australians win gold medal germany won women wheelchair basketball year period contributed points awarded silver laurel leaf president november named team year honoured entering golden book city july team lost netherlands home crowd frankfurt point achievements gold european championships france bronze world championships amsterdam netherlands gold european championships germany silver china gold european championships england silver world championships birmingham great_britain gold european championships israel gold paralympic games london england silver european championships frankfurt germany silver world championships toronto canada gold awards team year silver laurel leaf cologne year team year silver laurel leaf golden book city gold worcester england
Marina Mohnen