Julia van der Sprong

Julia van der Sprong (born 27 September 1999) is a Dutch wheelchair basketball player. She is a member of the Netherlands women's national wheelchair basketball team, and plays for SC DeVeDo in Ermelo. She won the gold medal at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. 

She also became world champion in 2018 and European champion in 2019. 

She plays in the Dutch Eredivisie national league, with her club SC DeVeDo.

 Life 
Van der Sprong was born in 1999 in Gouda. Before her impairment she did hockey, roller skating and speed skating. After a field hockey training she lost feeling in her left leg and foot. She had an inflammation that damaged nerves in her spinal cord and resulted in her having to use a wheelchair. She tried playing wheelchair tennis and wheelchair racing and switched to wheelchair basketball in 2016 in Gouda.

She studied business administration at the Radboud University in Nijmegen.

 References 

 Other websites 

 Topsporter Julia: ‘Op school hoorde ik: die rollator is voor een bejaarde’ | Foto | AD.nl
 Julia van der Sprong of The Netherlands during the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics... News Photo -  Ilse Schaffers

Category:1999 births
Category:Dutch wheelchair basketball players
Category:Paralympic gold medalists for the Netherlands
Category:Living people