Joop Stokkel
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Born | 11 April 1967 Aalsmeerderbrug, Netherlands | (age 57)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Joop Stokkel (born 11 April 1967 in Aalsmeerderbrug) is a Dutch Paralympian and one of the leading equestrians with a physical challenge, in the world.
Stokkel had an accident at the age of seven causing him to lose his entire right arm and left leg. Despite the injury, he went on to start riding at the age of 15. Primarily a demonstration sport in the Netherlands prior to 1990, he participated in the first international competition in 1991, placing seventh.[1] Stokkel earned the title of overall champion at the 1998 World Riding for Disabled Championships at Hartpury, England.[2][3]
Stokkel began his athletic career as a swimmer, having first represented the Netherlands at the 1988 Seoul Paralympics, winning two golds and a silver. He later won four Dutch National Championships as well as three golds and two silvers at the 1992 Barcelona Paralympics. He received Dutch Knighthood the same year.[4][5]
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- Official website (in Dutch)
- Royal Gazette: Joop Stokkel at archive.today (archived February 1, 2013)
- Joop Stokkel at the International Paralympic Committee
- 1967 births
- Living people
- Dutch male equestrians
- Dutch dressage riders
- Paralympic equestrians for the Netherlands
- Paralympic gold medalists for the Netherlands
- Paralympic silver medalists for the Netherlands
- Paralympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands
- Paralympic medalists in equestrian
- Equestrians at the 1996 Summer Paralympics
- Equestrians at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
- Equestrians at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 1996 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
- Sportspeople from Haarlemmermeer
- 20th-century Dutch people
- 21st-century Dutch people
- Dutch Paralympic medalist stubs
- Dutch equestrian biography stubs