born august point wheelchair basketball player plays united_states played german national team won european titles runner world championships won gold medal summer paralympics london president awarded team germany highest sporting honour biography born august daughter brother nicknamed began playing basketball age seven debut women regional championships germany game suffered torn anterior years underwent knee surgery times right knee left leaving knees occasion took months recover anterior weeks returning playing age forced dream playing basketball physical education teacher suggested try wheelchair basketball sport heard wheelchair basketball player require wheelchair everyday activities classified point player lowest level disability able body fully gives centimetres tall center height advantage found shooting free throw line chair requires force shooting standing point line took wheelchair basketball thinking making national team hard work daily practice year captain german national team competing world championships began attending united_states studied business administration particularly sports administration coaching idea day coach found workload higher germany german clubs trained times week training united_states day weight training rooms available hours day seven days week germany trained second division team travelled twice week cologne train played german regional league march team coached defeated win national championships game scored points rebounds later year coached price including headed charlotte north_carolina training camp summer paralympics london played germany team australia july netherlands match london team faced australia women national wheelchair basketball team defeated sydney months capacity crowd north arena german team undefeated point started slow games united_states china winning games point margins play best basketball final minutes game scored points player match key factor germany winning shots weren crazy shots outside shots said shots took games played game easy opportunities getting paint shooters think australia didn defend girls left open lot got big shots went worked scored points final wasn deliberate gold medal germany won women wheelchair basketball paralympics awarded silver laurel leaf president november named team year times told winning gold medal achieved quit later wrote disagree achievements gold european championships silver national championships silver bronze mixed gold national championships silver national championships gold israel silver national championships gold paralympic games london england frankfurt germany silver world championships toronto canada awards team year
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