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| Nationality | Dutch | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 September 2000[1] | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Para-athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Disability class | T62 | ||||||||||||||
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Kiki Hendriks (born 18 September 2000) is a Dutch para athlete who competes in long jump and sprinting events. She represented the Netherlands at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.
Career
[edit]Hendriks represented the Netherlands at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and finished in fourth place in the long jump T64 event, with a jump of 5.35 metres.[1] She competed at the 2025 World Para Athletics Championships and won a silver medal in the long jump T64 event. She also competed in the 100 metres T64 event and finished in fourth place with a time of 13.21 seconds.[2]
Personal life
[edit]When Hendriks was two years old she contracted Meningococcal disease. She survived, but her left lower leg, right hand, and the fingers of her left hand had died. As a result of contracting Meningococcal disease in 2003, the growth plates in her lower right leg were damaged, causing the leg to grow crooked. During an operation in 2015, a nerve was hit, and a result, she could no longer lift her foot. This led to the decision to also amputate her lower right leg in 2018.[3][4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Kiki Hendriks". paralympic.org. Retrieved 3 October 2025. (alternate link, alternate link 2)
- ^ "New Delhi 2025: Day seven medallists". paralympic.org. 3 October 2025. Retrieved 3 October 2025.
- ^ "Kiki overleefde een ernstige ziekte en is nu bijna de snelste ter wereld". omroepbrabant.nl (in Dutch). 16 May 2024. Retrieved 3 October 2025.
- ^ "Bacterie pakte Kiki Hendriks haar benen en vingers af, maar niet haar dromen en karakter: 'Het is niet veel, maar ik kan er alles mee'". bndestem.nl (in Dutch). 2 July 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2025.
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