Kiki Hendriks
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| Nationality | Dutch | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 September 2000[1] | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Para-athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Disability class | T62 | ||||||||||||||
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Kiki Hendriks (born 18 September 2000) is a Dutch para athlete who competes in long jump and sprinting events. She represented the Netherlands at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.
Career
Hendriks represented the Netherlands at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and finished in fourth place in the long jump T64 event, with a jump of 5.35 metres.[1] She competed at the 2025 World Para Athletics Championships and won a silver medal in the long jump T64 event. She also competed in the 100 metres T64 event and finished in fourth place with a time of 13.21 seconds.[2]
Personal life
When Hendriks was two years old she contracted Meningococcal disease. She survived, but her left lower leg, right hand, and the fingers of her left hand had died. As a result of contracting Meningococcal disease in 2003, the growth plates in her lower right leg were damaged, causing the leg to grow crooked. During an operation in 2015, a nerve was hit, and a result, she could no longer lift her foot. This led to the decision to also amputate her lower right leg in 2018.[3][4]
References
- ^ a b "Kiki Hendriks". paralympic.org. Retrieved 3 October 2025. (alternate link, alternate link 2)
- ^ "New Delhi 2025: Day seven medallists". paralympic.org. 3 October 2025. Retrieved 3 October 2025.
- ^ "Kiki overleefde een ernstige ziekte en is nu bijna de snelste ter wereld". omroepbrabant.nl (in Dutch). 16 May 2024. Retrieved 3 October 2025.
- ^ "Bacterie pakte Kiki Hendriks haar benen en vingers af, maar niet haar dromen en karakter: 'Het is niet veel, maar ik kan er alles mee'". bndestem.nl (in Dutch). 2 July 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2025.
External links
- Kiki Hendriks at the International Paralympic Committee
- Kiki Hendriks at TeamNL (in Dutch)