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She also played at the [[2000 Summer Paralympics]], [[2004 Summer Paralympics]] and [[2014 Women's World Wheelchair Basketball Championship]]. Due to pregnancy she couldn’t compete at the 2008 and 2012 Olympics.

From a young age Van Leeuwen was a low-level competitive [[speed skater]]. When she was 18 years old she crashed during a competition in [[Leiden]]. There wasn’t a proper safety boarding causing her a [[spinal cord injuryparaplegia]]. After two years of revalidation she started with sports. As rowing was not possible she started with wheelchair basketball. After contacting the national

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