Monique Kalkman
Monique Kalkman 
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| Birthday: | November 28, 1964 | |||||||||||||||||
| Resignation: | 1997 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Career record: | 151: 25 | |||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking: | 1 (January 26 1993) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Career record: | 53: 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking: | 1 (March 26 1996) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links ) | ||||||||||||||||||
Monique Kalkman (born November 28, 1964 in Sint-Oedenrode as Monique van den Bosch ) is a former Dutch wheelchair tennis and wheelchair table tennis player .
Career
At the age of 14, Monique Kalkman fell ill with Ewing's sarcoma , a bone tumor , and was henceforth dependent on a wheelchair. Shortly thereafter, she began wheelchair tennis and started in the paraplegic class . She also started with wheelchair table tennis.
She took part in a total of four Paralympic Games . She competed in wheelchair table tennis in 1984 . She won the gold medal in her class and bronze in the open competition. In the world rankings she was also the world number leader at times, but ended her career in this sport in 1986 and henceforth concentrated on wheelchair tennis. In 1988 , when wheelchair tennis was only part of the games as a demonstration sport, it took second place behind Chantal Vandierendonck . At the 1992 Games in Barcelona , she won the gold medal in both the singles and doubles competition in the first official event. In the singles she defeated Vandierendonck in the final, while both won together in the final of the doubles competition against Lynn Seidemann and Nancy Olson . Monique Kalkman and Vandierendonck then managed to defend their doubles title in Atlanta in 1996 . In the final they again defeated Nancy Olson, whose partner this time was Hope Lewellen . In the singles Monique Kalkman moved again into the final. After losing to Maaike Smit , she won the silver medal.
At the Wheelchair Tennis Masters she was three times in the singles final. In 1994 she defeated Chantal Vandierendonck, and the following year Daniela Di Toro . In 1997 she was in the final again, which she lost to Maaike Smit in three sets. After this tournament she ended her career. In Grand Slam tournaments , she celebrated a total of three titles at the US Open . She won in 1991, 1994 and 1995.
In the world rankings, Monique Kalkman had temporarily taken the lead in both singles and doubles. She succeeded for the first time in singles on January 26, 1993 and in doubles on March 26, 1996.
Following her career, she struggled with severe physical problems. After a long period of rehabilitation and abstinence from sport, she began playing golf in 2009 . In 2014 she was named Sportswoman of the Year in the Disabled Sports category by the Dutch Golf Association.
Monique Kalkman is married to Marc Kalkman, who was her coach for many years, and has one son with him. She has received numerous awards, including being a Knight of the Order of the Dutch Lion . In 2017 she was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame .
Web links
- ITF profile of Monique Kalkman (English)
- Monique Kalkman in the "International Tennis Hall of Fame" (English; with picture)
- Official website (Dutch)
Individual evidence
- ↑ omroepbrabant.nl: Rolstoeltennisster Monique Kalkman-Van den Bosch in eregalerij article from January 24, 2017 (Dutch)
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| SURNAME | Kalkman, Monique |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | van den Bosch, Monique (maiden name); Kalkman-van den Bosch, Monique (alternative spelling) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch wheelchair tennis player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 28, 1964 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sint-Oedenrode , Netherlands |