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Marieke Vervoort is a Belgian Paralympic athlete who was born on 10 May, 1979 in Diest, Belgium. She is best known for her success in wheelchair racing, having won two gold medals and two silver medals at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London. She also won a gold medal at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro.
Vervoort was diagnosed with an incurable degenerative muscle disease in 2008, and since then has been living with the knowledge that her condition will eventually take her life. Despite this, she has continued to compete in wheelchair racing, and has become an inspiration to many.
Vervoort is 40 years old. She is 5 feet 5 inches tall and weighs approximately 110 pounds.
Vervoort is not known to be in a relationship.
Vervoort has an estimated net worth of $1 million. She has earned her wealth through her success in wheelchair racing, as well as through endorsements and sponsorships.
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22 October 2019, |
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She died by euthanasia on 22 October 2019. Her decision was supported by other Paralympians, such as Briton Ollie Hynd.
At the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Paralympic Games, she won the silver medal in the T51/52 400m wheelchair race and bronze in the T51/52 100m.
Vervoort was diagnosed aged about 14 with reflex sympathetic dystrophy, an incurable degenerative disease of the muscles and spine, which caused severe pain, paralysis in her legs, and made it very difficult for her to sleep. Despite her sporting success, Vervoort said that she was considering euthanasia as she was preparing for the 2016 Rio Paralympics, saying that Rio was her "last wish". She clarified that this did not mean euthanasia would occur immediately after the Games, stating that: "You have to live day-by-day and enjoy the little moments. When the day comes—when I have more bad days than good days—I have my euthanasia papers. But the time is not there yet." She signed her euthanasia papers in 2008. Vervoort also suffered from epilepsy, and lived with her assistance dog, Zenn, who was able to alert her to an upcoming seizure an hour before it occurred.
At the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha, she won gold medals in the T52 100m, 200m and 400m races, and became world champion. She covered 200 meters in 35.91, which was two seconds slower than her European record, prior to her accident.
The same year, while competing at the IPC Athletics World Championships at Lyon, France, Vervoort fell during the 800m race after a collision with Michelle Stilwell of Canada. She injured her shoulder, requiring surgery and ten months of rehabilitation. Her next competition was in 2014, at the ParAthletics IPC Athletics Grand Prix held at Nottwil, Switzerland, where she won the 200m, as well as the 1,500m and 5,000m, in both of which she set new world records. Later that same year, she suffered another setback. While making pasta, she lost consciousness and accidentally poured hot water over her and sustained second-degree and third-degree burn wounds from the chest down to her ankles.
In 2013, she set a new European record of 33.65 in the T52 200m race at Oordegem, Belgium. She also set world records in the T52 400m at Kortrijk, Belgium, and the T52 800m at Oordegem in 2013.
In the 2012 London Paralympic Games, she won the gold medal in the T52 100m wheelchair race, and the silver medal in the T52 200m wheelchair race.
Vervoort was the author of two books, Wielemie. Sporten voor het leven ("Wielemie. Sports for life") (Houtekiet, 2012), and De andere kant van de medaille ("The other side of the coin") (2017), about her degenerative muscle disease and its impact on her life.
Vervoort began her career in sports playing wheelchair basketball, then took up swimming, and competed in triathlons. She was paratriathlon world champion in 2006 and 2007, and in 2007, competed in the Ironman Triathlon in Hawaii. She retired from triathlons when her condition became worse. Instead, she started blokarting and then wheelchair racing.
Marieke Vervoort (10 May 1979 – 22 October 2019) was a Belgian Paralympic athlete who suffered from reflex sympathetic dystrophy. She won several medals at Paralympics, and she received worldwide attention in 2016 when she revealed that she was considering euthanasia.
