Athletes

Marc Evers

Netherlands Para swimming 17 June 1991

Hillegom, Netherlands

A swimmer says thank you to the crowds at the para-swimming World Championships in 2015

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Human Interest
Data	Value
Impairment Information
Type of Impairment	Intellectual impairment
Origin of Impairment	Congenital
Classification	S14, SB14, SM14
Further Personal Information
Residence	Hillegom, NED
Occupation	Athlete
Languages	Dutch
Sport Specific Information
When and where did you begin this sport?	He began swimming at age four in Lisse, Netherlands.
Why this sport?	He would go swimming with his grandmother every Saturday.
Club / Team	ZV Haerlem: Netherlands
Name of coach	Sander Nijhuis [national], NED; Bram Dekker [national], NED
International Debut
Year	2008
Competing for	Netherlands
General Interest
Nicknames	Marc the Shark (Instagram profile, 01 Feb 2019)
Hero / Idol	Dutch swimmer Pieter van den Hoogenband. (paralympischesport.nl, 06 Aug 2013)
Sporting philosophy / motto	"I am not based on my limitations, but on my possibilities." (marcevers.com, 23 May 2019)
Awards and honours	In 2011 and 2013 he was named Para Athlete of the Year in Kennemerland, Netherlands. (jouwfm.nl, 20 Dec 2013; rtvnh.nl, 07 Dec 2011)
Ambitions	To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (Twitter profile, 11 Jun 2018)
Impairment	He was born with autism. (marcevers.com, 17 Apr 2015)
Other information	BOOK AND FILM In 2017 his biography 'The Great Marc Evers' was published. In 2019, Dutch filmmakers ParaJourney DisGover released a biopic on him, called 'Paralympic Swim Champion Marc Evers'. (Facebook page, 11 Jul 2019; ParaJourney DisGover YouTube channel, 23 May 2019; zorgboeken.nl, 01 Mar 2017)

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