born june swedish born german point wheelchair basketball player played german wheelchair basketball league national team won gold medal summer paralympics london president awarded team biography born june sweden small town near border sweden finland kilometres north played football swedish league winter passion bad fall competition january left waist took wheelchair basketball playing swedish league sweden national women team spent studying german wheelchair basketball team began playing initially second team caught attention coach german national team asked like play german national team took german citizenship relatively procedure athlete german national team went win gold european championships israel defeating netherlands final june named team competed summer paralympic games london faced australia women national wheelchair basketball team team defeated sydney months defeated australians capacity crowd north arena win gold medal germany won women wheelchair basketball paralympics awarded president november named team year february entered golden book munich modelled advertising campaigns team sponsors ing currently studying medicine munich achievements gold european championships israel gold paralympic games london england frankfurt germany silver world championships toronto canada gold awards team year silver laurel leaf entry golden book munich
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