Jiske griffioen biography of barack

Article07 Sep 2023

Careers which are reprised rarely go well.

Most of the time, past glories remain in the past, and those men and women who continue to chase it usually come up short.

But sometimes, the glory comes back.

Jiske griffioen biography of barack

Maybe not right away, maybe it’s a struggle, but the exalted place the athlete was at previously is returned to.

Jiske Griffioen was once at the peak of her sport. She was No. 1 in the world in women’s wheelchair tennis, a titan in the tradition of Esther Vergeer and the current dominant player, Diede de Groot.

Griffioen had it all, accomplished so much, and then walked way, content, in 2017.

“I thought I would never come back to tennis, ever,” she said.

And yet here she was at the US Open on Thursday, winning a quarter-final singles match and a quarter-final doubles showdown with De Groot, and now this woman who a few years ago thought she was finished is ri