Anouk Taggenbrock

{{short description|Dutch wheelchair basketball player}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name =

| nationality = Dutch

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1994|8|13|df=y}}

| birth_place = Utrecht, Netherlands

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| sport = Wheelchair basketball

| club = SC Antilope Utrecht

| country = Netherlands

| disability =

| disability_class = 2.5

| show-medals = yes

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport|Women's wheelchair basketball}}

{{MedalCountry|{{NED}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|Paralympic Games}}

{{MedalGold|2020 Tokyo|Team}}

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Anouk Taggenbrock (born 13 August 1994) is a 2.5 disability class Dutch wheelchair basketball player and a member of the Netherlands women's national wheelchair basketball team. She won the gold medal at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, with the national team.{{Cite web |title=Wheelchair Basketball: TAGGENBROCK Anouk |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/wheelchair-basketball/athlete-profile-n1708652-taggenbrock-anouk.htm |url-status=dead |access-date=7 September 2021 |work=Tokyo 2020 Paralympics |publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games |language=en-us |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210826135738/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/wheelchair-basketball/athlete-profile-n1708652-taggenbrock-anouk.htm |archive-date=26 August 2021}}

Life

When she was 13 years old she received a spinal cord infection that resulted in a spinal cord injury. She studied at the University of Applied Sciences Utrecht (Business Administration, Pharmacy). After playing wheelchair tennis at elite level, she switched to wheelchair basketball after a Paralympic talent day.

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