Monique Kalkman-Van Den Bosch

Monique Kalkman-Van den Bosch
Personal information
Nationality Dutch
Born (1964-11-28) November 28, 1964
Sint-Oedenrode, Netherlands
Years active 1984-1997
Website www.moniquekalkman.nl/index_english.html
Sport
Country  Netherlands
Sport wheelchair tennis, table tennis, golf
Medal record
Representing  Netherlands
Women's Table tennis
Summer Paralympics
New York 1984singles 4
New York 1984Open 1B-4
Women's wheelchair tennis
Barcelona 1992singles
Barcelona 1992doubles
Atlanta 1996doubles
Seoul 1988singles
Atlanta 1996singles
Monique Kalkman-Van den Bosch
Int. Tennis HoF 2017 (member page)
Singles
Career record 151-25
Highest ranking 1
Masters W (1994, 1995)
Doubles
Highest ranking 1

Monique Kalkman-Van den Bosch (born 28 November 1964) is a Dutch wheelchair tennis player who also played table tennis in addition to her sport career.[1][2] Monique has competed at the Paralympics in 1984, 1988, 1992 and 1996. In 2017, she was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame[3][4][5]

Biography

Monique Van den Bosch was diagnosed with cancer due to Paraplegia when she was just 14 years old. Initially she took the sport of Table tennis during her childhood age before becoming a professional wheelchair tennis player. At the age of 20, she made her Paralympic debut during the 1984 Summer Paralympics and competed in the Table tennis events.[6]

Career

Monique Kalkman clinched a gold and a bronze medal in the women's table tennis competitions as a part of the 1984 Summer Paralympics. She then competed at the 1988 Summer Paralympics as a wheelchair tennis player and claimed a gold medal in the women's singles though the event was a demonstration sport at the 1988 Summer Paralympics. Monique Van den Bosch continued her medal hunt at the Summer Paralympics as she claimed gold medals in the women's singles and women's doubles partnering with Chantal Vandierendonck at the 1992 Summer Paralympics.[7]

She also won the ITF World Titles in 1992, 1993, 1994 and 1995.

Post career

In 1997, she was advised by the doctors to play golf as she was suffering from Paraplegia disease. She retired from playing wheelchair tennis championships in 1997 and started to play golf during her leisure times. She also founded the Going4Golf, a Golf foundation which aims to promote the golf sport for people with disabilities.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Monique Kalkman-Van den Bosch". www.itftennis.com. Retrieved 2017-12-29.
  2. ↑ "Homepage Monique Kalkman-van den Bosch". www.moniquekalkman.nl. Retrieved 2017-12-29.
  3. ↑ "Monique Kalkman-van den Bosch inducted into Hall of Fame". www.paralympic.org. Retrieved 2017-12-29.
  4. ↑ "International Tennis Hall of Fame". International Tennis Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2017-12-29.
  5. ↑ "Monique Kalkman". International Tennis Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2017-12-29.
  6. ↑ "Rolstoeltennisster Monique Kalkman-Van den Bosch in eregalerij". Omroep Brabant (in Dutch). Retrieved 2017-12-29.
  7. ↑ Mercury, Dillon Stambaugh | @stambaughjour |. "She persevered". NewportRI.com l News and information for Newport, Rhode Island. Retrieved 2017-12-29.
  8. ↑ User, Super. "Home". www.going4golf.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2017-12-29.
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