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Kimberly Alkemade

Dutch para athletics competitor

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 8, 2026
Entity authorityQ96761777 ↗
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Kimberly Alkemade (born 29 March 1990) is a Dutch Paralympic athlete.

Career

Alkemade lost her left lower leg in a bus accident in 1998 near Montelimar, France, and started in Para athletics. The 2019 World Para Athletics Championships was her first big tournament.

She represented the Netherlands at the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates and won a silver medal in the women's 200 metres T64 event and the bronze medal in the women's 100 metres T64 event.

She represented the Netherlands at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan. At the 2020 Summer Paralympics, she won the bronze medal in the women's 200 metres T64 event. She finished in 5th place in the women's 100 metres T64 event.

Alkemade won the silver medal in the women's 200 metres T64 event at the 2023 World Para Athletics Championships held in Paris, France.

In April 2025, Alkemade ended her elite athletic career and shifted her focus to a societal role. She explored several sports, including snowboarding and rowing, but concluded that these served more as hobbies than as elite-level pursuits.

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