Marina Mohnen
Marina Mohnen (born October 31, 1978 ) is a German wheelchair basketball player who played for the RBC Cologne 99ers in the wheelchair basketball Bundesliga until the 2014/15 season . She then moved to the Mainhatten Skywheelers in Frankfurt for professional reasons, and from the 2017/18 season she will be playing for the Rhine River Rhinos Wiesbaden.
Athletic career
Mohnen has been playing basketball since she was eleven and, after a serious knee injury, switched to wheelchair basketball in 2000, where she is classified as having a so-called minimal disability. From 2009 to 2011 she played as a professional athlete for the Italian first division clubs Santo Stefano Sport and BADS Quartu Sant'Elena . For the women's national team in wheelchair basketball, she has played over 300 games so far.
Achievements and Awards
- Top scorer at the European Wheelchair Basketball Championships in 2007 and 2009
- European champion in 2005 , 2007 , 2009 , 2011 and 2015
- Vice World Champion 2010 and 2014, World Cup third in 2006
- Participant in the Paralympics in 2008 , 2012 and 2016
- Gold medal at the 2012 Paralympics
- Silver medal at the Paralympics in 2008 and 2016
- Cologne's sportswoman of the year 2008
- Silver bay leaf 2008, 2012 and 2016
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.volksfreund.de/nachrichten/region/bitburg/aktuell/Heute-in-der-Bitburger-Zeitung-Rollstuhlbasketballerin-Marina-Mohnen-Bitburg-ist-stolz-auf-das-Goldmaedchen;art752,3304112
- ↑ http://www.netzathleten.de/Nachrichten/Drei-Nationalspielinnen- sucht-es-zur-kommenden-Saison-ins-Ausland/Rollstuhlbasketball/4129094601909345144 /a ( Memento of the original from April 13, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info : The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.rollstuhlbasketball.de/892-marina-mohnen-zurueck-in-koeln ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.bundespraesident.de/SharedDocs/Berichte/DE/Joachim-Gauck/2012/11/121107-Silbernes-Lorbeerblatt.html (accessed on November 12, 2012)
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mohnen, Marina |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German wheelchair basketball player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 31, 1978 |