Elke is both a wheelchair fencer and a model. And in both disciplines, she is killing it! In 2011 her life changed suddenly, she broke her toe and because of severe nerve pain 24/7 she decided to amputate her lower leg. It didn’t amputate her ambition. She picked up the floret and became world champion.
Elke Lale van Achterberg
Achievements
- Public speaker
- 1st foil, IWAS World Championships U17, 2018
- 2nd epee, IWAS World Championships U17, 2018
- 2nd epee, IWAS World Championships U17 , 2017
- 2nd foil, IWAS World Championships U17 2017
- 1st epee, IWAS World Cup U17 Stadskanaal, the Netherlands
- 1st epee, IWAS World Cup U23 Stadskanaal, the Netherlands
- 2nd foil, IWAS World Cup U17 Stadskanaal, the Netherlands
- 3rd foil, IWAS World Cup U23 Stadskanaal, the Netherlands
- 2017 World Number One U23 Women Epee
- 2017 World Number One U17 Women Foil
- 2017 World Number One U17 Women Epee
- Winner Oscar wheelchair fencing 2013, 2014 & 2015
- Winner IWAS-Award ” Wheelchair Athlete with Internationale Potential” World Junior Games Stoke Mandeville (UK).
