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Monique Kalkman-Van den Bosch (born 28 November 1964) is a Dutch former professional wheelchair tennis and table tennis player.[1][2] Monique competed at the Paralympics in 1984, 1988, 1992 and 1996. In 2017, she was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.[3][4][5]

Monique Kalkman-Van den Bosch

Personal information
Nationality	Dutch
Born	(1964-11-28) November 28, 1964 (age 57) Sint-Oedenrode, Netherlands
Years active	1984-1997
Website	www.moniquekalkman.nl/index_english.html
Sport
Country	Netherlands
Sport	wheelchair tennis, table tennis, golf
Medal record Representing  Netherlands Women's Table tennis Summer Paralympics New York 1984 singles 4 New York 1984 Open 1B-4 Women's wheelchair tennis Barcelona 1992 singles Barcelona 1992 doubles Atlanta 1996 doubles Seoul 1988 singles Atlanta 1996 singles

Monique Kalkman-Van den Bosch

Int. Tennis HoF	2017 (member page)
Singles
Career record	151-25
Highest ranking	1
Masters	W (1994, 1995)
Doubles
Highest ranking	1

Biography

Monique Van den Bosch was diagnosed with cancer due to paraplegia when she was just 14 years old. Initially she took the sport of table tennis during her childhood age before becoming a professional wheelchair tennis player. At the age of 20, she made her Paralympic debut during the 1984 Summer Paralympics and competed in the table tennis events.[6]

Career

Monique Kalkman clinched a gold and a bronze medal in the women's table tennis competitions as a part of the 1984 Summer Paralympics. She then competed at the 1988 Summer Paralympics as a wheelchair tennis player and claimed a gold medal in the women's singles though the event was a demonstration sport at the 1988 Summer Paralympics. Monique Van den Bosch continued her medal hunt at the Summer Paralympics as she claimed gold medals in the women's singles and women's doubles partnering with Chantal Vandierendonck at the 1992 Summer Paralympics.[7]

She also won the ITF World Titles in 1992, 1993, 1994 and 1995.

Post career

In 1997, she was advised by the doctors to play golf as she had paraplegia disease. She retired from playing wheelchair tennis championships in 1997 and started to play golf during her leisure times. She also founded the Going4Golf, a golf foundation which aims to promote the golf sport for people with disabilities.[8]

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На других языках

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[de] Monique Kalkman

Monique Kalkman (* 28. November 1964 in Sint-Oedenrode als Monique van den Bosch) ist eine ehemalige niederländische Rollstuhltennis- und Rollstuhltischtennisspielerin.

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- [en] Monique Kalkman-Van Den Bosch

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