Nienke Timmer (; born 10 February 1998) is a Dutch Paralympic athlete with

cerebral palsy Cerebral palsy (CP) is a group of movement disorders that appear in early childhood. Signs and symptoms vary among people and over time, but include poor coordination, spasticity, stiff muscles, Paresis, weak muscles, and tremors. There may b ...

. She competes in 100 and 200 metres sprinting events for T35-classified athletes. She won the bronze medal in the women's 100 metres T35 event at the

2019 World Para Athletics Championships The 2019 World Para Athletics Championships was a Paralympic athletics, Paralympic track and field event organised by the World Para Athletics subcommittee of the International Paralympic Committee. It was held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates from ...

held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. She is also a three-time silver medalist at the World Para Athletics European Championships.

Career

In 2014, she finished in 4th place in both the women's 100 metres T35 and women's 200 metres T35 events at the

IPC Athletics European Championships The World Para Athletics European Championships (''European Para Athletics Championships''), known prior to 2018 as the IPC Athletics European Championships is an event organized by World Para Athletics Championships, World Para Athletics, the int ...

held in Swansea, United Kingdom. In 2015, she competed in the women's 100 metres T35 and women's 200 metres T35 events at the

2015 IPC Athletics World Championships The 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships were a Paralympic track and field meet organized by the World Para Athletics subcommittee of the International Paralympic Committee. The event was the 7th edition of what is now known as the World Para ...

held in Doha, Qatar. In 2018, she won the silver medal in both the women's 100 metres T35 and women's 200 metres T35 events at the World Para Athletics European Championships held in Berlin, Germany. In 2019, she won the bronze medal in the women's 100 metres T35 event at the

World Para Athletics Championships The World Para Athletics Championships, known as the IPC Athletics World Championships prior to 2017, are a biennial Paralympic athletics event organized by World Para Athletics, a subcommittee of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). It ...

held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. In 2021, she won the silver medal in the women's 100 metres T35 event at the World Para Athletics European Championships held in Bydgoszcz, Poland. She represented the Netherlands at the

2020 Summer Paralympics The , branded as the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport event, multi-sport parasports event held from 24 August to 5 September 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. They were the 16th Summer Paralympic Games as organized by the Inte ...

in Tokyo, Japan. She competed in the women's 100 metres T35 and women's 200 metres T35 events.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Timmer, Nienke Living people 1998 births Athletes from Rotterdam Dutch female sprinters Medalists at the World Para Athletics Championships Medalists at the World Para Athletics European Championships Female competitors in athletics with disabilities Track and field athletes with cerebral palsy Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Paralympics Paralympic athletes for the Netherlands 21st-century Dutch sportswomen