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Esther Vergeer was born in woerden in 1981 (The Netherlands)
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Esther's Vergeer Life story
Esther developed paraplegia when she was 8 years old, after risky surgeryon blood vessels around her spinal cord. -
She turned professional in tennis 1995. She is a right handed player.
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Esther was invited to join a national wheelchair basketball team. She played with the Dutch team that won the European championship in 1997.
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At the US Open Championships in 1998, her success which took her from 15th to 2nd in the world, led to her photo in the Tennis Week issue on the 26th of November 1998.
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Esther Vergeer has been world number one wheelchair tennis player since 1999. Her ranking still stands to this day.
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she attended the Sydney 2000 Paralolympics whereshe did not lose a single set to achieved and win the gold medal in singles and doubles.
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Esther winning streak began in 2003 and is still going strong 470 matches later.
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Esther repesented the netherlands in this yeas london's Paralympic games while she was there she won the paralympic gold medal.
