Annika van der Meer

My blogs

Gender	Female
Industry	Student
Occupation	student medical school
Location	Vancouver, Canada
Introduction	I LOVE SKIING! a couple of years ago I tore my ACL. During the surgery my leg sustained ischemia, as a result of that I've severe muscle weakness in my right leg. I use an orthosis (a full leg brace from foot till hip) for pretty much everything, without it I can't walk or bear weight on my leg. I use a different orthosis for skiing, which is specially designed for me. After my fair share of mourning I found out that there still are a lot of things I CAN do. I used to be a ski racer before my surgery and in october 2009 I started skiing again. And now I'm racing again in the women standing category, LW3. As part of the development program I am supported by the Johan Cruijf foundation and the Dutch ski federation big shout out for them, but I still need sponsors to keep doing what I love. I'm in medical school, so one day I will be a doctor (hopefully ;)). It is here that I hope to keep you up to date on my training, racing and my life in general. Life is great and I'm enjoying every second. www.annikavandermeer.nl for more information Dutch website
Interests	Skiing
Favorite Movies	that depents but my favourite TV series Grey's Anatomy.