Heike Friedrich (wheelchair basketball), Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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German wheelchair basketball player
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Place of Birth: Berlin
About Heike Friedrich (wheelchair basketball)
- Heike Friedrich (born 14 June 1976) is a 4.5 point wheelchair basketball player, who plays for the Mainhatten Skywheelers.
- She was a professional basketball player who played for TuS Lichterfeld, Wild Cats Aschaffenburg, TV Langen und TV Hofheim.
- She was with the Bundesliga club TV Langen for five years, and the Germany women's national basketball team for nine years, playing 204 international games.
- Since taking up wheelchair basketball in 2006, she has played with the German national team which won European titles in 2009 and 2011, and was runner-up in 2013.
- The team was also runner-up at the IWBF World Championship in Birmingham in 2010, and won a gold medal at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London.
- President Joachim Gauck awarded the team Germany's highest sporting honour, the Silbernes Lorbeerblatt (Silver Laurel Leaf).
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