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Dutch Paralympic volleyball player and cyclist

Johan Reekers
Reekers in 2016
Personal information
NationalityDutch
Born (1957-12-28) 28 December 1957 (age 67)
Sport
Country Netherlands
SportSitting volleyball
Handbiking
Medal record
Representing  Netherlands
Men's sitting volleyball
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1980 Arnhem Men's sitting
Gold medal – first place 1984 New York/Stoke Mandeville Men's sitting
Silver medal – second place 1992 Barcelona/Madrid Men's sitting

Johan Reekers (born 28 December 1957 in Enschede) is a Dutch Paralympian who was born without legs. He was on the gold medal-winning Dutch sitting volleyball teams of 1980 and 1984. At the 1992 Summer Paralympics the team won silver. In 2002 he began handbiking. He competed for the Netherlands at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in cycling. This was his eighth Paralympics.

References

  1. "IPC bio". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
  2. NOC*NSF. "Johan Reekers" (in Dutch). Retrieved 17 February 2017.

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