EMPOWER TO INSPIRE: A leg disease initially ended the Dutch goalkeeper’s promising handball career, which she then pursued successfully in a wheelchair
Once a promising handball talent, Dutch goalkeeper Joyce van Haaster had to start her career – and her life, for that matter – from scratch again following a severe disease. She succeeded with flying colours and is now an international icon of wheelchair handball. This is part five of our series ‘Empower to Inspire’.
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EHF / Eric Willemsen