Romy Pansters

Romy Pansters (born 22 April 1996) is a Dutch paratriathlete and former Paralympic swimmer who competes at international level events, she was also a tennis player and handballer at national youth level before suffering from a blood clot in her spinal cord which led to paraplegia in June 2006 and has used a wheelchair since however is learning to walk again through rehabilitation. During her swimming career, she has won two European swimming medals and was a finalist in the women's 400m freestyle S8 where she finished last place as well as swimming at the 50m freestyle S8 and 100m freestyle S8.[1]

Romy Pansters

Personal information
Born	(1996-04-22) 22 April 1996 Nuth, Netherlands
Residence	Valkenburg aan de Geul, Netherlands
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Sport
Country	Netherlands
Sport	Paralympic swimming Paratriathlon
Disability	Paraplegia
Disability class	S8
Medal record Paralympic swimming Representing  Netherlands European Championships 2014 Eindhoven Women's 400m freestyle S8 2014 Eindhoven Women's 100m freestyle S8

Pansters switched sports and turned to paratriathlon in 2015, she competed in the ETU Paratriathlon Championships but did not finish after she crashed her bike during the race in Lisbon.[2]

References

1. "Romy Pansters - IPC Athlete Bio". ipc.infostradasports.com. 4 August 2020.
2. "Paratriatlete Romy Pansters crasht met handbike (in Dutch)". 1limburg. 28 May 2016.