A crash reversed a paralympian’s paralysis!
Monique
van der Vorst, a 27-year-old from the Netherlands, was formerly a
paralympian athlete as a hand cyclist. After a collision, when a bike
hit van der Vorst, she ended up in the hospital and began to feel a
tingling sensation in her legs. Slowly, she began regaining movement in
her legs, and after many months of rehabilitation, she gained the
ability to stand and walk for the first time in more than a decade!Van der Vorst had been paralyzed since the age of 13. Before the accident that restored her ability to walk, van der Vorst was training to be a part of the 2012 Paralympics in London. Because she can now walk, she can no longer compete in the Paralympics as she had been training for, a career she misses.
Able-bodied, van der Vorst has worked hard to relearn how to ride a traditional bike. She has joined the Rabobank cycling team and is working hard to catch up to the other athletes on the team. It’s her goal to compete in the 2016 Olympics.
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