What is Gérard van Opdorp?
'''Gérard M. van Opdorp''' (16 November 1925 - 3 October 2003) was a Dutch Paralympic archer and wheelchair basketball player. Van Opdorp became impaired due to the war.<ref>{{Cite web|last=VOLKERS|first=VAN ONZE VERSLAGGEVER JOHN|date=2012-08-29|title=Voorbeeld voor de ploeg van 2012|url=https://www.volkskrant.nl/gs-b7d485f5|access-date=2022-04-25|website=de Volkskrant|language=nl-NL}}</ref> He was part of the first Dutch team at the Stoke Mandeville Games in 1952.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2012-10-02|title=1952: The Stoke Mandeville Games go truly international|url=https://paralympicanorak.wordpress.com/2012/10/02/1952-the-stoke-mandeville-games-go-truly-international/|access-date=2022-04-25|website=paralympicanorak|language=en}}</ref> As an archer he competed at the [[1968 Summer Paralympics]] and [[1972 Summer Paralympics]], winning a silver medal.<ref>{{Cite web|title=van Opdorp - Archery {{!}} Paralympic Athlete Profile|url=https://www.paralympic.org/van-opdorp|access-date=2022-04-25|website=International Paralympic Committee|language=en}}</ref> He also competed in wheelchair basketball at the Summer Paralympics. On 5 August 1963, he married Paralympic swimmer Delphine Ariens Kappers, who won the first ever gold medal at the Paralympic Games in 1960.<ref>{{Cite web|title=60 jaar Nederland op de Spelen: “Als je vandaag wilt begrijpen, moet je op zoek gaan naar gisteren” {{!}} ParaWatcher|url=https://parawatcher.nl/parawatcher/60-jaar-nederland-op-de-spelen-als-je-vandaag-wilt-begrijpen-moet-je-op-zoek-gaan-naar-gisteren/|access-date=2022-04-25|language=nl}}</ref> He died in 2003 in Doorn at the age of 77. == References == <references /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Van Opdorp, Gerard}} [[Category:2003 deaths]] [[Category:1922 births]] [[Category:Dutch archers]] [[Category:Dutch wheelchair basketball players]] [[Category:Paralympic silver medalists for the Netherlands]] {{sports-bio-stub}}