Niels de Langen

Niels de Langen
	Niels de Langen (2015)
Personal information
Nationality	Dutch
Born	30 November 1998 (age 22); Arnhem, Netherlands
Sport
Country	Netherlands
Sport	Para-alpine skiing
Disability class	LW12.2
Coached by	Falco Teitsma
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IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships

Niels de Langen (born 30 November 1998) is a Dutch para-alpine skier.

Early life[]

De Langen was born in 1998 in Arnhem, Netherlands. In the first year of his life he lost his right leg due to meningococcal disease. At 16 years of age, in June 2015, he made the decision to amputate his left leg which was also damaged as a result of the infection.^[1]

Career[]

In 2017, he won a bronze medal at the 2017 World Para Alpine Skiing Championships at the slalom event.^[1]

He represented the Netherlands at the 2018 Winter Paralympics and competed in all five disciplines: the Men's downhill, Men's Super-G, Men's super combined, and Men's slalom events.^{[citation needed]}

In 2019, he won a silver medal at the 2019 World Para Alpine Skiing Championships in the giant slalom event.^[2]

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Niels de Langen" (in Dutch). Team NL. Archived from the original on 29 April 2019. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
^ "Paraskiër Kampschreur opnieuw wereldkampioen op reuzenslalom" (in Dutch). NOS. 21 January 2019. Archived from the original on 29 April 2019. Retrieved 29 April 2019.

External links[]

Official website

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[teamnl_bio-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Niels de Langen" (in Dutch). Team NL. Archived from the original on 29 April 2019. Retrieved 29 April 2019.

[nos_kampschreur_2019-2] "Paraskiër Kampschreur opnieuw wereldkampioen op reuzenslalom" (in Dutch). NOS. 21 January 2019. Archived from the original on 29 April 2019. Retrieved 29 April 2019.

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