Jeroen Kampschreur

Jeroen Kampschreur
Personal information
Nationality Dutch
Born (1999-04-09) 9 April 1999
Leiderdorp, Netherlands
Height 3 ft 9 in (115cm)[1]
Website JeroenUnlimited.com[2]
Sport
Country Netherlands
Sport Para-alpine skiing, Wheelchair basketball
Coached by Falco Teitsma, Nick Elsewaerd
Medal record
Winter Paralympic Games[3]
2018 PyeongChangSuper combined – sitting
World Para-Alpine Skiing Championships[4][5]
2017 TarvisioGiant Slalom – sitting
2017 TarvisioSlalom – sitting
2017 TarvisioSuper combined – sitting
Para-Alpine Skiing World Cup[6]
2017 PyeongchangSuper-G – sitting
2017 HakubaGiant Slalom – sitting
2017 Kransjka GoraSlalom – sitting
2016 St. MoritzSlalom – sitting
2017 PyeongchangGiant Slalom – sitting
2017 PyeongchangSlalom – sitting
2016 KühtaiSlalom – sitting
2016 Kransjka GoraGiant Slalom – sitting
Para-Alpine Skiing Europa Cup[6]
2015 LandgraafSlalom – sitting

Jeroen Kampschreur (Leiderdorp, 9 April 1999) is a Dutch paralympic skier.[5] Kampschreur was born without shinbones, which resulted in both of his legs being amputated above the knee at age one. He is wheelchair-bound as a result of this.[1] On 23 March 2018, Kampschreur was knighted in the Order of Orange-Nassau.[7]

Education

Kampschreur is a student at the Beekdal Lyceum in Arnhem, Netherlands.[8] He currently follows a HAVO education and will be doing his final exams this year[9]

Career

Kampschreur practiced wheelchair basketball, and represented the Netherlans in U18 and U22 level competitions,[1] at one point being the youngest player in the U22 team[2], but decided to focus on para-alpine skiing. He won three gold medals on the 2017 world championship para-alpine skiing. Kampschreur has also achieved several podium placements in the para-alpine skiing World Cup and Europa Cup spread over the events slalom, giant slalom and Super-G.

Kampschreur trains at the National Sports Centre Papendal in Arnhem, Netherlands. He has sessions twice a day, five days a week.[1]

2018 Winter Paralympics

Kampschreur participated in the 2018 Winter Paralympics where he won a gold medal in the men's super combined.[3][5] This achievement made him the first Dutch athlete to win a medal in Para-Alpine Skiing at the Paralympics.[1] He was chosen to be the flag bearer during the closing ceremony.[9]

Outside sport

Kampschreur has served as an ambassador for the Johan Cruyff Foundation in the Netherlands.[1][5]

Awards and nominations

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Paralympic bio page, retrieved: 15 March 2018
  2. 1 2 Jeroen Unlimited, Personal site of Kampschreur, retrieved: 15 March 2018
  3. 1 2 Zitskiër Jeroen Kampschreur pakt goud op Supercombinatie, gelderlander.nl, retrieved: 13 March 2018
  4. 1 2 Paralympic.org Athlete of the Month profile, retrieved: 14 March 2018
  5. 1 2 3 4 TeamNL Profile, retrieved: 13 March 2018
  6. 1 2 Nederlandse Ski Vereniging profile, retrieved: 19 March 2018
  7. ↑ Gouden Kjeld, Esmee en Jeroen geridderd, Omroep West, retrieved: 29 March 2018
  8. ↑ Leerlingen Beekdal Lyceum naar Olympische Winterspelen, gelderlander.nl, retrieved: 19 March 2018
  9. 1 2 Kampschreur vlaggendrager bij sluitingsceremonie, NOS website, retrieved: 19 March 2018
  10. ↑ Jeroen Kampschreur gehuldigd in Leiderdorp, Leidsch Dagblad, retrieved: 30 March 2018
  11. ↑ Wie wordt sporter van het jaar, NOC*NSF official website, retrieved: 15 March 2018
  12. ↑ Kampschreur sportman van het jaar in Leiderdorp., Leidsch Dagblad, retrieved: 15 March 2018
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