Linda Dahle

Linda Dahle (born 8 November 1991) is a German 4.5 point national wheelchair basketball player who plays for Hannover United, and for the German national team. She won a bronze medal at the U25 European Wheelchair Basketball Championships in August 2013, where she was the team's top scorer with 42 points. She made her senior national team debut in June 2014, winning silver at the 2014 Women's World Wheelchair Basketball Championship in Toronto.

Linda Dahle
Personal information
Nationality Germany
Born (1991-11-08) 8 November 1991
Sport
CountryGermany
SportWheelchair basketball
Disability class4.5
Event(s)Women's team
ClubHannover United
Medal record
Wheelchair basketball
IWBF World Championship
2014 Toronto, CanadaWomen's wheelchair basketball

Biography

Linda Dahle was born in Düsseldorf on 8 November 1991.[1] When she was 16, she was forced to give up playing basketball due to severe cartilage damage in her left foot. She then took up wheelchair basketball, with a classification of 4.5 point, the lowest level of disability. She is studying social work degree at the University of Nijmegen.[2]

Dahle moved to Cologne to play with its RBB 99ers. She also coached the U15 girls in Düsseldorf.[2] In 2011, she played with the German team at the U25 Women's World Cup in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada,[3] where the German team came sixth.[4] This was followed by a bronze medal at the U25 European Wheelchair Basketball Championships at Stoke Mandeville, England, in August 2013,[5][6] where she was the team's top scorer with 42 points.[7] She was also a key player in the Hot Rolling Bears' two point win over Bonn in Wheelchair Basketball Junior National Championship in 2014.[8]

In June 2014, Dahle joined the senior women's team for the 2014 Women's World Wheelchair Basketball Championship in Toronto, Canada. The German team won silver after being defeated by Canada in the final.[1]

Achievements
  • 2013: Bronze at U25 European Wheelchair Basketball Championships (Stoke Mandeville, England) [6]
  • 2014: Silver at the World Championships (Toronto, Canada) [1]
  • 2015: Gold at the European Championships (Worcester, England) [9]

Notes
  1. "2014 WWWBC: Germany". Wheelchair Basketball Canada. Archived from the original on 2 February 2015. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
  2. Wallasch, Rainer (14 July 2011). "Basketball: Ohne Behinderung im Rollstuhl". Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 6 July 2014.
  3. "2011 Women's U25 World Wheelchair Basketball Championships - Participating Teams". Wheelchair Basketball Canada. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
  4. "2011 Women's U25 World Wheelchair Basketball Championships - Schedule and Results". Wheelchair Basketball Canada. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
  5. "U25 European Wheelchair Basketball Championships - Schedule and Results". British Wheelchair basketball. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
  6. "Rollstuhlbasketball - Bears-Spielerin Linda Dahle gewinnt bei der U-25 EM die Bronzemedaille" (in German). lokalcompass.de. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
  7. "Linda Dahle holt mit der U25 Bronze bei EM". Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). 28 August 2013. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
  8. "Rollstuhlbasketball-Bundesliga: Krimi in der Bären-Halle - Bears siegen knapp gegen Bonn – Linda Dahle war "Matchwinnerin"" (in German). lokalcompass.de. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
  9. "Germany earn 10th women's European Wheelchair Basketball Championship title as hosts Britain win men's gold". Inside the Games. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
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