Next week it will finally start: the Olympic Winter Games of 2022! Two weeks full of winter sports in Beijing, China. We spoke about it with former long track speed skater and UvA alumnus Marrit Leenstra. ‘These games are going to be very different from the games in 2018’, shares the medal-winning athlete.
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Thijs de Lange: “Don’t victimize yourself”
Last year Thijs de Lange won the AUV Alumni prize for his work on Wij Staan Op! [the only national organization run by people with disabilities]. Now a year has passed, it seemed the perfect time to catch up with the alumnus to talk about his career, passions, and living in the Netherlands as a person with a disability.
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Former Olympic ice skater Marrit Leenstra: ‘These games are going to be very different’
Next week it will finally start: the Olympic Winter Games of 2022! Two weeks full of winter sports in Beijing, China. We spoke about it with former long track speed skater and UvA alumnus Marrit Leenstra. ‘These games are going to be very different from the games in 2018’, shares the medal-winning athlete.
Thijs de Lange: “Don’t victimize yourself”
Last year Thijs de Lange won the AUV Alumni prize for his work on Wij Staan Op! [the only national organization run by people with disabilities]. Now a year has passed, it seemed the perfect time to catch up with the alumnus to talk about his career, passions, and living in the Netherlands as a person with a disability.