Tonnie Heijnen

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tonnie Heijnen Table tennis player
Tonnie Heijnen
Tonnie Heijnen at the 2004 Paralympics
Other spellings: Toni Heijnen
Nation: NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands
Date of birth: 3rd June 1967
Place of birth: Rotterdam
Size: 170 cm
Weight: 70 kg
Playing hand: Left
How to play: Shakehand
Current world rankings : 8th Template: Infobox table tennis player / maintenance / local value
Best world ranking : 8 (September 2004-January 2008 / from September 2008)

Tonnie Heijnen (born June 3, 1967 in Rotterdam , Netherlands ) is a Dutch disabled athlete in table tennis . He took part in the Paralympics three times .

Career

Heijnen initially played football. When he suffered a cruciate ligament rupture at the age of 21, he changed sport and played table tennis for the first time. He was active in changing clubs. In 2002 he lost a leg in a car accident. Since then he has been taking part in national and international tournaments as a disabled athlete. Less than two years after the accident, Heijnen had his first success at the Paralympics. He won gold with the Dutch disabled team. Through these achievements, he was in eighth place in the world rankings. He won the Dutch championships three times in eleven participations and was second five times. At the Paralympic Games in 2012 he was without a medal.

Heijnen is also active in table tennis in Germany. He plays for SC Union Emlichheim .

successes

Dutch championships

  • 2003 single silver
  • 2004 single gold
  • 2005 single silver
  • 2006 single 4th place
  • 2007 single gold
  • 2008 single 5th place
  • 2009 single silver
  • 2010 single gold
  • 2011 single silver
  • 2012 single 5th place
  • 2013 single silver

Paralympic Games

  • 2004 team gold
  • 2008 team gold
  • 2012 team quarterfinals

Private

Heijnen is employed by the Dutch criminal police. He is the holder of the Order of the Dutch Lion .

literature

  • Alexandros Dimitriou: Mitten im Leben , tischtennis magazine , 2010/6 pages 32–33

Web links

Commons : Tonnie Heijnen  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Georg Bruns: Heijnen is the knight in the order of the Dutch lion . ( noz.de [accessed on March 17, 2018]).
  2. ^ Tonnie Heijnen - a world champion in the 2nd district class . In: GN-Online . ( gn-online.de [accessed on March 17, 2018]).
personal data
SURNAME Heijnen, Tonnie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch disabled athlete in table tennis
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd June 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Rotterdam , Netherlands