Lena Knippelmeyer

German wheelchair basketball player

Lena Knippelmeyer (born 6 April 1990 Emden )  is a German wheelchair basketball player and neuropsychologist .[1]

Life change

Knippelmeyer grew up in Marienhafe,[2] and started playing handball there. [3] She last played for SSC Dodesheide . [4] In 2014 , she had to stop playing handball after knee injuries. Since then she has been considered minimally disabled  and plays wheelchair basketball. [5]

She currently plays in the center position at RSC Osnabrück,[6] in the wheelchair basketball Bundesliga and in the German women's national team . In the 1st Wheelchair Basketball Bundesliga, she completed large parts of the 2020/2021 season with the BBC Münsterland team from Warendorf. [7]

She competed at the 2019 European Championships, taking third place with the women's national team .[1]  Knippelmeyer took part in the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, taking fourth place with the German team. [8]

References change

  1. 1.0 1.1 NDR. "Lena Knippelmeyer". tokio.sportschau.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-10-27.
  2. "Paralympics: Ostfriesin steht im Halbfinale". www.oz-online.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-10-27.
  3. www.tura-marienhafe.de http://www.tura-marienhafe.de/sparte-bericht-detail-handball-37-291.php?PHPSESSID=1761e2d9c2dcabbe6e25e0b0c2439ee9. Retrieved 2023-10-27. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. Detloff, Christian (2020-03-23). "Knippelmeyers Traum von den Paralympics droht zu | NOZ". noz.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-10-27.
  5. Haveltund, Von Christian. "Für Lena Knippelmeyer erfüllt sich ein Traum". www.wn.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-10-27.
  6. "Lena Knippelmeyer und Dennis Nohl tragen sich nach starken Leistungen bei den Paralympics ins Goldene Buch der Stadt Osnabrück ein". www.osnabrueck.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-10-27.
  7. "Vom Aufsteiger zum Tabellenführer". rscosnabruecks Webseite! (in German). Retrieved 2023-10-27.
  8. Obrock, Carla (2021-09-20). "Vierter Platz bei den Paralympics - Osnabrücker Basketballer tragen sich in das Goldene Buch ein". HASEPOST ¦ Zeitung für Osnabrück (in German). Retrieved 2023-10-27.