Marieke Vervoort

Marieke Vervoort (10 May 1979 – 22 October 2019) was a Belgian Paralympic athlete. She suffered from an incurable, degenerative muscle disease. Retrieved 23 October 2019 In the 2012 Summer Paralympics, Vervoort won a gold and silver medal. In the 2016 Summer Paralympics, she won a silver and bronze medal. 

She won several medals at Paralympics, she received world attention in 2016 when she revealed that she supported euthanasia. She was born in Diest, Belgium.

Personal life
Vervoot had epilepsy. She lived with her assistance dog, Zenn.

In 2012, Vervoot wrote a book called  (In English, it means "Wielemie. Sports for life."). In 2017, she wrote another book called  (In English, it means "the other side of the coin").

Vervoot was lesbian.

Death
Vervoort ended her life through euthanasia on 22 October 2019 at the age of 40.

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