{"id":245,"date":"2016-04-29T11:23:52","date_gmt":"2016-04-29T09:23:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/esthervergeer.social\/sport\/?lang=en"},"modified":"2018-01-10T14:25:26","modified_gmt":"2018-01-10T13:25:26","slug":"sports","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/esthervergeer.social\/en\/sports\/","title":{"rendered":"Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_section-1902fa841c6217c40a55bbe68080ca4f\">\n.avia-section.av-av_section-1902fa841c6217c40a55bbe68080ca4f{\nbackground-repeat:no-repeat;\nbackground-image:url(https:\/\/esthervergeer.social\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/sporter_achtergrond.jpg);\nbackground-position:100% 50%;\nbackground-attachment:scroll;\n}\n.avia-section.av-av_section-1902fa841c6217c40a55bbe68080ca4f .av-section-color-overlay{\nopacity:0.2;\nbackground-color:#000000;\nbackground-image:url(https:\/\/esthervergeer.social\/wp-content\/themes\/enfold\/images\/background-images\/dots-mini-strong.png);\nbackground-repeat:repeat;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-av_section-1902fa841c6217c40a55bbe68080ca4f main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_section  avia-builder-el-first  avia-full-stretch avia-bg-style-scroll av-section-color-overlay-active av-minimum-height av-minimum-height-100 av-height-100  container_wrap fullsize'  data-section-bg-repeat='stretch' data-av_minimum_height_pc='100' data-av_min_height_opt='100'><div class=\"av-section-color-overlay-wrap\"><div class=\"av-section-color-overlay\"><\/div><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><main  role=\"main\" itemprop=\"mainContentOfPage\"  class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-245'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_one_full-39432a66fcebac85c30f43a8695bf066\">\n.flex_column.av-av_one_full-39432a66fcebac85c30f43a8695bf066{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:5% 5% 3% 5%;\nbackground-color:rgba(255,255,255,0.7);\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-av_one_full-39432a66fcebac85c30f43a8695bf066 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-1  el_before_av_two_third  avia-builder-el-first  first no_margin flex_column_div  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-av_textblock-0366cc7376be6c9e82a3e9cc8987b64f '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Sports<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><div class='flex_column_table av-av_two_third-af2a3882bca6fdbc0c7f9e45c905495f sc-av_two_third av-equal-height-column-flextable'>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_two_third-af2a3882bca6fdbc0c7f9e45c905495f\">\n.flex_column.av-av_two_third-af2a3882bca6fdbc0c7f9e45c905495f{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0% 0% 5% 5%;\nbackground-color:rgba(255,255,255,0.7);\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-av_two_third-af2a3882bca6fdbc0c7f9e45c905495f av_two_third  avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_one_third  first no_margin flex_column_table_cell av-equal-height-column av-align-top  column-top-margin'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-av_textblock-2de302bf1aa3cf4c9157dbe6f50ac7eb '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>For almost her whole career, wheelchair tennis player Esther Vergeer remained undefeated. Esther <strong>won 470 <\/strong><strong>consecutive singles matches<\/strong>, which made her one of the most successful athletes in Dutch sport history.<\/p>\n<p>She\u00a0started her sport career as a wheelchair basketball player in the mid-nineties, made it to the Dutch national team, and surged to<strong> victory in\u00a0the European championship<\/strong> with her teammates in 1997. Having\u00a0already played wheelchair tennis at\u00a0a high level during\u00a0that period, a couple of months later she chose tennis as her number one sport. Not only did she win the <strong>US<\/strong> <strong>Open<\/strong>, but also the<strong>\u00a0Dutch Open <\/strong>and the<strong> Swiss Open<\/strong>. Then, she became the <strong>world number one<\/strong> and spent 668 weeks in that position.<\/p>\n<p>Apart from all her singles victories, Esther celebrated several wins playing\u00a0doubles: the first singles and doubles wins that resulted in <strong>gold medals<\/strong> at the <strong>Paralympics<\/strong>\u00a0followed in 2000 (Sydney). She\u00a0showed her supremacy again the first few years after the Paralympics. The last time she faced defeat was in 2003, where after she <strong>triumphed in\u00a0all her matches<\/strong>. This\u00a0brought her\u00a0<strong>five more gold medals<\/strong> at the Paralympics. Winning the last gold medal, during\u00a0the London 2012 Paralympics, turned out to be her last match in singles\u00a0tennis.<\/p>\n<p>On February 12 2013, Esther, who was awarded\u00a0<strong>the Laureus World Sports Award<\/strong> in 2002 and 2008, ended her impressive career. In December 2016, she was awarded with the <strong>Fanny Blankers-Koen Career Award<\/strong>, an award for the biggest Dutch sports heroes.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_one_third-ef71ef2703c9be7dc94c97eb19cced78\">\n.flex_column.av-av_one_third-ef71ef2703c9be7dc94c97eb19cced78{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0% 5% 5% 5%;\nbackground-color:rgba(255,255,255,0.7);\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-av_one_third-ef71ef2703c9be7dc94c97eb19cced78 av_one_third  avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_two_third  avia-builder-el-last  no_margin flex_column_table_cell av-equal-height-column av-align-top  column-top-margin'     ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_image-d0f56b544a95b87669115e09d91a6af1\">\n.avia-image-container.av-av_image-d0f56b544a95b87669115e09d91a6af1 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-av_image-d0f56b544a95b87669115e09d91a6af1 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-av_image-d0f56b544a95b87669115e09d91a6af1 av-styling- av-img-linked avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-6  el_before_av_image  avia-builder-el-first '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esthervergeer.social\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Esther-Vergeer-tennis.jpg\" class='avia_image '  aria-label='Esther Vergeer tennis'><img fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-391 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-391 avia_image ' src='https:\/\/esthervergeer.social\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Esther-Vergeer-tennis-300x199.jpg' alt='' title='Esther Vergeer tennis'  height=\"199\" width=\"300\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_image-f727e4baf6b76c604bae4654edbf53d2\">\n.avia-image-container.av-av_image-f727e4baf6b76c604bae4654edbf53d2 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-av_image-f727e4baf6b76c604bae4654edbf53d2 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-av_image-f727e4baf6b76c604bae4654edbf53d2 av-styling- av-img-linked avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-7  el_after_av_image  avia-builder-el-last '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esthervergeer.social\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/2012-Australian-Open-winner.jpg\" class='avia_image '  aria-label='2012 Australian Open - Day 13'><img fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-301 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-301 avia_image ' src='https:\/\/esthervergeer.social\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/2012-Australian-Open-winner-300x200.jpg' alt='' title='2012 Australian Open - Day 13'  height=\"200\" width=\"300\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p><\/div><\/div><!--close column table wrapper. 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avia_animate_when_almost_visible avia-icon-list-left av-iconlist-big av-av_iconlist-3f0cf806b58cdfe8f863d447eb8a6566 avia-iconlist-animate'>\n<li><div class='iconlist_icon av-av_iconlist_item-aaddc394cf26bf5f51c4147e99e479c2 avia-font-entypo-fontello avia-iconfont avia-font-entypo-fontello'><span class='av-icon-char' data-av_icon='\ue8a8' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello' aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/div><article class=\"article-icon-entry av-iconlist-empty\"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class=\"iconlist_content_wrap\"><header class=\"entry-content-header\" aria-label=\"Icon: 6x Dutch Champion (2002, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011)\"><h4 class='av_iconlist_title iconlist_title  '  itemprop=\"headline\" >6x Dutch Champion (2002, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011)<\/h4><\/header><div class='iconlist_content '  itemprop=\"text\" ><\/div><\/div><footer class=\"entry-footer\"><\/footer><\/article><div class=\"iconlist-timeline\"><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class='iconlist_icon av-av_iconlist_item-471be048cafdb75d8546db4b463a0dce avia-font-entypo-fontello avia-iconfont avia-font-entypo-fontello'><span class='av-icon-char' data-av_icon='\ue8a8' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello' aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/div><article class=\"article-icon-entry av-iconlist-empty\"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class=\"iconlist_content_wrap\"><header class=\"entry-content-header\" aria-label=\"Icon: 13x World Champion (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012)\"><h4 class='av_iconlist_title iconlist_title  '  itemprop=\"headline\" >13x World Champion (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012)<\/h4><\/header><div class='iconlist_content '  itemprop=\"text\" ><\/div><\/div><footer class=\"entry-footer\"><\/footer><\/article><div class=\"iconlist-timeline\"><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class='iconlist_icon av-av_iconlist_item-ce24e6cb151d94be46ef5b7a1cb15de3 avia-font-entypo-fontello avia-iconfont avia-font-entypo-fontello'><span class='av-icon-char' data-av_icon='\ue8a8' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello' aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/div><article class=\"article-icon-entry av-iconlist-empty\"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class=\"iconlist_content_wrap\"><header class=\"entry-content-header\" aria-label=\"Icon: 4x Paralympic Gold Medal (singles) (2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing, 2012 London)\"><h4 class='av_iconlist_title iconlist_title  '  itemprop=\"headline\" >4x Paralympic Gold Medal (singles) (2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing, 2012 London)<\/h4><\/header><div class='iconlist_content '  itemprop=\"text\" ><\/div><\/div><footer class=\"entry-footer\"><\/footer><\/article><div class=\"iconlist-timeline\"><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class='iconlist_icon av-av_iconlist_item-4b3188b38f8cbafa29b23a9fb8b00c55 avia-font-entypo-fontello avia-iconfont avia-font-entypo-fontello'><span class='av-icon-char' data-av_icon='\ue8a8' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello' aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/div><article class=\"article-icon-entry av-iconlist-empty\"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class=\"iconlist_content_wrap\"><header class=\"entry-content-header\" aria-label=\"Icon: 3x Paralympic Gold Medal (doubles) (2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens, 2012 London)\"><h4 class='av_iconlist_title iconlist_title  '  itemprop=\"headline\" >3x Paralympic Gold Medal (doubles) (2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens, 2012 London)<\/h4><\/header><div class='iconlist_content '  itemprop=\"text\" ><\/div><\/div><footer class=\"entry-footer\"><\/footer><\/article><div class=\"iconlist-timeline\"><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class='iconlist_icon av-av_iconlist_item-4d20275d876d8b1b884f16dd2dd762e0 avia-font-entypo-fontello avia-iconfont avia-font-entypo-fontello'><span class='av-icon-char' data-av_icon='\ue8a8' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello' aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/div><article class=\"article-icon-entry av-iconlist-empty\"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class=\"iconlist_content_wrap\"><header class=\"entry-content-header\" aria-label=\"Icon: 14x Winner Masters (1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011)\"><h4 class='av_iconlist_title iconlist_title  '  itemprop=\"headline\" >14x Winner Masters (1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011)<\/h4><\/header><div class='iconlist_content '  itemprop=\"text\" ><\/div><\/div><footer class=\"entry-footer\"><\/footer><\/article><div class=\"iconlist-timeline\"><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-av_textblock-2de302bf1aa3cf4c9157dbe6f50ac7eb '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Awards<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_iconlist-e844c8030a0b0a67f87062b9de370fdf\">\n#top .avia-icon-list-container.av-av_iconlist-e844c8030a0b0a67f87062b9de370fdf .iconlist_icon{\ncolor:#000000;\nbackground-color:transparent;\nborder:1px solid transparent;\n}\n#top .avia-icon-list-container.av-av_iconlist-e844c8030a0b0a67f87062b9de370fdf .iconlist_icon svg:first-child{\nstroke:#000000;\nfill:#000000;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-icon-list-container av-av_iconlist-e844c8030a0b0a67f87062b9de370fdf  avia-builder-el-13  el_after_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-last '><ul class='avia-icon-list avia_animate_when_almost_visible avia-icon-list-left av-iconlist-big av-av_iconlist-e844c8030a0b0a67f87062b9de370fdf avia-iconlist-animate'>\n<li><div class='iconlist_icon av-av_iconlist_item-78c21e2d03c2ec0e19cbebe62eff9b9a avia-font-entypo-fontello avia-iconfont avia-font-entypo-fontello'><span class='av-icon-char' data-av_icon='\ue8a8' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello' aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/div><article class=\"article-icon-entry av-iconlist-empty\"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class=\"iconlist_content_wrap\"><header class=\"entry-content-header\" aria-label=\"Icon: 2x Winner of the Laureus Award (2002, 2008)\"><h4 class='av_iconlist_title iconlist_title  '  itemprop=\"headline\" >2x Winner of the Laureus Award (2002, 2008)<\/h4><\/header><div class='iconlist_content '  itemprop=\"text\" ><\/div><\/div><footer class=\"entry-footer\"><\/footer><\/article><div class=\"iconlist-timeline\"><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class='iconlist_icon av-av_iconlist_item-a2c215a29c595fde7cc46a330c49eee5 avia-font-entypo-fontello avia-iconfont avia-font-entypo-fontello'><span class='av-icon-char' data-av_icon='\ue8a8' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello' aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/div><article class=\"article-icon-entry av-iconlist-empty\"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class=\"iconlist_content_wrap\"><header class=\"entry-content-header\" aria-label=\"Icon: 5x Winner of the Jaap Eden Award (2002, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2010)\"><h4 class='av_iconlist_title iconlist_title  '  itemprop=\"headline\" >5x Winner of the Jaap Eden Award (2002, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2010)<\/h4><\/header><div class='iconlist_content '  itemprop=\"text\" ><\/div><\/div><footer class=\"entry-footer\"><\/footer><\/article><div class=\"iconlist-timeline\"><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class='iconlist_icon av-av_iconlist_item-a54db4b7b871cb9aaf006c4681ca8f5f avia-font-entypo-fontello avia-iconfont avia-font-entypo-fontello'><span class='av-icon-char' data-av_icon='\ue8a8' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello' aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/div><article class=\"article-icon-entry av-iconlist-empty\"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class=\"iconlist_content_wrap\"><header class=\"entry-content-header\" aria-label=\"Icon: 1x Fanny Blankers-Koen Career Award (2016)\"><h4 class='av_iconlist_title iconlist_title  '  itemprop=\"headline\" >1x Fanny Blankers-Koen Career Award (2016)<\/h4><\/header><div class='iconlist_content '  itemprop=\"text\" ><\/div><\/div><footer class=\"entry-footer\"><\/footer><\/article><div class=\"iconlist-timeline\"><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class='iconlist_icon av-av_iconlist_item-500513a106029d432d73476443da5a68 avia-font-entypo-fontello avia-iconfont avia-font-entypo-fontello'><span class='av-icon-char' data-av_icon='\ue8a8' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello' aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/div><article class=\"article-icon-entry av-iconlist-empty\"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class=\"iconlist_content_wrap\"><header class=\"entry-content-header\" aria-label=\"Icon: 2x Player of the Year Award (2002, 2003)\"><h4 class='av_iconlist_title iconlist_title  '  itemprop=\"headline\" >2x Player of the Year Award (2002, 2003)<\/h4><\/header><div class='iconlist_content '  itemprop=\"text\" ><\/div><\/div><footer class=\"entry-footer\"><\/footer><\/article><div class=\"iconlist-timeline\"><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div><\/p><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_one_half-9c1d454dc06f7247226bc4e8f931daae\">\n.flex_column.av-av_one_half-9c1d454dc06f7247226bc4e8f931daae{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-av_one_half-9c1d454dc06f7247226bc4e8f931daae av_one_half  avia-builder-el-14  el_after_av_one_half  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-av_textblock-0366cc7376be6c9e82a3e9cc8987b64f '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  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