Jennette Jansen
Personal information
NationalityDutch
Born (1968-04-17) 17 April 1968 (age 55)
Westerhaar, Netherlands
Sport
SportPara-cycling
Medal record
Representing  Netherlands
Paralympic Games
Women's paralympic athletics
Gold medal – first place 1988 Seoul 800 m A1–3/A9/L2
Gold medal – first place 1988 Seoul 1500 m A1–3/A9/L2
Gold medal – first place 1988 Seoul 3000 m A1–3/A9/L2
Silver medal – second place 1992 Barcelona 5000 metres – TW3-4
Silver medal – second place 1992 Barcelona Marathon – TW3-4
Bronze medal – third place 1992 Barcelona 1500 metres – TW3-4
Women's wheelchair basketball
Silver medal – second place 1996 Atlanta Team competition
Women's para cycling
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Road race H1–4
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Road race H5
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Road time trial H4–5
Road World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Glasgow Road time trial H4
Gold medal – first place 2023 Glasgow Road race H4
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Rotterdam Time trial H4
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Rotterdam Road race H4

Jennette Jansen (born 17 April 1968) is a Paralympian from the Netherlands competing mainly in category TW4 wheelchair racing and later as a basketball player and cyclist.[1] She competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, in Women's individual class 7, winning a gold medal, and in Women's road time trial H4–5 winning a bronze medal.[2][3][4]

Career

Jansen first appeared in the Paralympics in the Athletics events of the 1988 Seoul games, where she won three gold medals in athletics.[5] By the time of the Atlanta games in 1996 she was part of the Dutch team in wheelchair basketball that won the silver medal, she continued competing as part of the team in 2000 and 2004 but without any further medal success. She competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics, where she won bronze in the H5 road race.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Rio 2016 Paralympic Games - Results Book - Cycling: Road" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2016.
  2. ^ "Cycling Road JANSEN Jennette". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 3 September 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  3. ^ "53-Year-Old Dutch Cyclist Jennette Jansen Wins Latest Paralympic Gold 33 Years After Her First". SELF. 1 September 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  4. ^ "Tokyo 2020 Paralympics briefing: Jansen wins gold, 33 years after her first". the Guardian. 1 September 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  5. ^ "Jennette Jansen - Athletics, Cycling, Wheelchair Basketball | Paralympic Athlete Profile". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  6. ^ "Dutch athlete Jennette Jansen wins gold in H1-4 road cycling". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 3 September 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.

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