Cher Korver

{{short description|Dutch wheelchair basketball player}}

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

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1976|8|11|df=y}}

| birth_place = Amersfoort, Netherlands

| image = File:2024 Summer Paralympics women's wheelchair basketball, Netherlands vs Japan 42.jpg

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| sport = Wheelchair basketball

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| country = Netherlands

| disability = impaired muscle power

| disability_class = 2.5

| show-medals = yes

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{{MedalSport|Women's wheelchair basketball}}

{{MedalCountry|the {{NED}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|Paralympic Games}}

{{MedalGold|2020 Tokyo|Team}}

{{MedalGold|2024 Paris|Team}}

{{MedalBronze|2016 Rio de Janeiro|Team}}

{{MedalBronze|2012 London|Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2018 Hamburg|Team}}

{{MedalBronze|2014 Toronto|Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2017 Tenerife|Team}}

{{MedalGold|2019 Rotterdam|Team}}

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Cher Korver (born 11 August 1976) is a Dutch wheelchair basketball player (2.5 disability class) and a member of the Netherlands women's national wheelchair basketball team. With the national team she competed at 6 consecutive Summer Paralympics between 2000 and 2020. She won with the team the gold medal at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, and the bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Paralympics and 2016 Summer Paralympics.{{Cite web |title=Cher Korver - Wheelchair Basketball - Paralympic Athlete Profile|url=https://www.paralympic.org/cher-korver |access-date=2021-09-08 |website=Paralympic.org |publisher=International Paralympic Committee |language=en}} She became world champion in 2018 and European champion in 2017 and 2019.{{Cite web |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/wheelchair-basketball/athlete-profile-n1708645-korver-cher.htm |title=Wheelchair Basketball - KORVER Cher |work=Tokyo 2020 Paralympics |publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games |access-date=6 September 2021 |archive-date=6 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210906085930/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/wheelchair-basketball/athlete-profile-n1708645-korver-cher.htm |url-status=dead }}

Life

Korver was born in Amersfoort on 11 August 1976. She has impaired muscle power in her legs since she is 19 years old. started with playing wheelchair basketball in 1997. She made her debut for the national team in 1998 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship. She competed at the 2008 Paralympic World Cup.

She was awarded the Rob Verheuvel Award for her contribution to wheelchair basketball in 2014. She lives in Nijkerk.

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