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Asya Miller
Asya Miller Lapper (born October 16, 1979) is a five-time Paralympic medalist, with four of her medals coming in goalball. Miller was nominated for an ESPY Award in 2009. Miller made her Paralympic debut in 2000 and won a bronze medal for discus at the Sydney Paralympic Games. In goalball, Miller and teammate Lisa Czechowski competed in their sixth Paralympics together at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games. Together they have won four Paralympic medals, including gold at the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games. Her visual impairment is caused by Stargardt disease. She has also competed in various throwing events, like discus, besides goalball. Her wife is fellow goalballer Jen Armbruster. See also * United States women's national goalball team United States women's national goalball team is the women's national team of the United States. Goalball is a team sport designed specifically for athletes with a vision impairment. The team takes part in international competitions. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lapeer, Michigan
Lapeer ( ') is a City (Michigan), city in the U.S. state of Michigan and is the county seat of Lapeer County, Michigan, Lapeer County. As of the United States Census, 2010, 2010 census, the city population was 8,841. Most of the city was incorporated from land that was formerly in Lapeer Township, Michigan, Lapeer Township, though portions were also annexed from Mayfield Township, Lapeer County, Michigan, Mayfield Township and Elba Township, Lapeer County, Michigan, Elba Township. Lapeer is in southern Michigan, east of Flint, Michigan, Flint, on the Flint River (Michigan), Flint River. History By an ordinance of the Congress of the United States passed on July 13, 1787, the area lying northwest of the Ohio River, though still occupied by the British, was organized as the Northwest Territory. Lapeer County was once part of the Northwest Territory. In January 1820, the county of Oakland was formed, which served the area now known as Lapeer, until the County of Lapeer was formed in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goalball At The 2015 Parapan American Games
Goalball event at the 2015 Parapan American Games was played from 8–15 August 2015 at the Paramount Fine Foods Centre, Mississauga Sports Centre in Toronto. Participating nations * * * * * * * * * Men Group stage Semifinals Bronze Medal match Gold Medal match Women Group stage Semifinals Bronze Medal match Gold Medal match Medal summary Medal table Medal events References External links {{Events at the 2015 Parapan American Games Events at the 2015 Parapan American Games ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goalball At The 2016 Summer Paralympics – Women's Team Rosters
This article shows the rosters of all participating teams at the women's goalball tournament at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a b .... Group C The following is the Algeria roster in the women's goalball tournament of the 2016 Summer Paralympics. The following is the Brazil roster in the women's goalball tournament of the 2016 Summer Paralympics. The following is the Israel roster in the women's goalball tournament of the 2016 Summer Paralympics. The following is the Japan roster in the women's goalball tournament of the 2016 Summer Paralympics. The following is the United States roster in the women's goalball tournament of the 2016 Summer Paralympics. Group D The following is the Australia roster in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goalball At The 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's Team Rosters
This article shows the rosters of all participating teams at the women's goalball tournament at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo .... Pool A The following is the Brazil roster in the women's goalball tournament of the 2012 Summer Paralympics. The following is the China roster in the women's goalball tournament of the 2012 Summer Paralympics. The following is the Denmark roster in the women's goalball tournament of the 2012 Summer Paralympics. The following is the Finland roster in the women's goalball tournament of the 2012 Summer Paralympics. The following is the Great Britain roster in the women's goalball tournament of the 2012 Summer Paralympics. Pool B The following is the Australia roster in the women ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Women's National Goalball Team
United States women's national goalball team is the women's national team of the United States. Goalball is a team sport designed specifically for athletes with a vision impairment. The team takes part in international competitions. Paralympic Games 1984 New York The team competed in the 1984 Summer Paralympics at Long Island, New York City, United States of America. This was the first time women's teams competed. They finished first. 1988 Seoul The team competed in the 1988 Summer Paralympics, from 15 to 24 October 1988, in Seoul, South Korea. This was the first time the term "Paralympic" came into official use. The team finished second. 1992 Barcelona The team competed in the 1992 Summer Paralympics, from 3 to 14 September 1992, in the Pavelló de la Vall d'Hebron indoor stadium, Barcelona, Spain. They finished fifth. 1996 Atlanta The team competed in the 1996 Summer Paralympics, from 16 to 25 August 1996, in the GSU Sports Arena building, Atlanta, G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jen Armbruster
Jennifer "Jen" Armbruster (born February 12, 1975 in Taipei) is an American goalball player. She was married to fellow teammate Asya Miller.Her wife is Jackie Bower whom she shares a son and 3 other children with. Armbruster began losing her vision at 14, but continued to play in her school's basketball team when the sight progressed to the point of being legally blind. She later lost her vision completely and therefore did not join the military like her father. Instead she found success in goalball and played at the 1992 Summer Paralympics and several Paralympic Games since. She has won a gold medal. See also * United States women's national goalball team United States women's national goalball team is the women's national team of the United States. Goalball is a team sport designed specifically for athletes with a vision impairment. The team takes part in international competitions. Paraly ... * 2012 Summer Paralympics roster * 2016 Summer Paralympics roster ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Discus Throw
The discus throw (), also known as disc throw, is a track and field event in which an athlete throws a heavy disk (mathematics), disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than their competitors. It is an classical antiquity, ancient sport, as demonstrated by the fifth-century-BC Myron statue ''Discobolus''. Although not part of the current pentathlon, it was one of the events of the Ancient Olympic pentathlon, ancient Greek pentathlon, which can be dated back to at least 708 BC, and it is part of the modern decathlon. History The sport of throwing the discus traces back to it being an event in the Ancient Olympic Games, original Olympic Games of Ancient Greece. The discus as a sport was resurrected in Magdeburg, Germany, by gymnastics teacher Christian Georg Kohlrausch and his students in the 1870s. Organized men's competition was resumed in the late 19th century, and has been a part of the modern Summer Olympic Games since the first modern competition, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stargardt Disease
Stargardt disease is the most common inherited single-gene retinal disease. In terms of the first description of the disease, it follows an autosomal recessive inheritance pattern, which has been later linked to bi-allelic ABCA4 gene variants (STGD1). However, there are Stargardt-like diseases with mimicking phenotypes that are referred to as STGD3 and STGD4, and have a autosomal dominant inheritance due to defects with ELOVL4 or PROM1 genes, respectively. It is characterized by macular degeneration that begins in childhood, adolescence or adulthood, resulting in progressive loss of vision. Signs and symptoms The presentation usually occurs in childhood or adolescence, though there is no upper age limit for presentation and late-onset is possible. The main symptom is loss of visual acuity, uncorrectable with glasses. This manifests as the lack of the ability to see fine details when reading or viewing distant objects. Symptoms typically develop before age 20 (median age of ons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisa Czechowski
Lisa Czechowski (née Banta, born May 29, 1979, in New Jersey) is an American goalball player. Her Paralympic debut won her a silver medal for discus at the 2000 Sydney Paralympic Games; she also competed in goalball at those games. In December 2001 she took part in the torch relay for the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. Czechowski and teammate Asya Miller competed in their sixth Paralympics together at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games. Together they have won four Paralympic medals, including gold at the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games. She was born with nystagmus and diagnosed with cone dystrophy while in middle school, both conditions affecting her vision. In high school, she tried various track and field events, eventually moving to shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. The shot put competition for men has been a part of the modern Olympics since their reviva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ESPY Awards 2009
The 2009 ESPY Awards (for the 2008 Olympics and the 2009) were announced from Nokia Theatre on July 15 and showed during the telecast on ESPN, July 19. It was co-presented by Under Armour and Land Rover. Voting The ESPY nomination show was televised on Friday, June 26, 2009 at 8p.m. ET on ESPN2. Fans voted online at www.espys.tv or via mobile phone at www.espn.mobi. The voting started on June 25 and ended on July 11, 2009. Categories There are 37 categories and 3 special awards. The winners are listed first in bold. Other nominees are in alphabetical order. In Memoriam *Ron Snidow *Dom DiMaggio *Gene Upshaw *Jack Kemp *Lou Saban *Sammy Baugh *Doc Blanchard *Paul Newman *Mark Fidrych *Nick Adenhart *Arturo Gatti *Schlumbergera *Skip Caray *Harry Kalas *Kay Yow *Chuck Daly *Steve McNair * Alex Macgregor Gee References {{DEFAULTSORT:Espy Awards 2009 2009 2009 sports awards ESPY An ESPY Award (short for Excellence in Sports Performance Yearly Award) is an accolade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London Organising Committee Of The Olympic And Paralympic Games
The London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) was the organisation responsible for overseeing the planning and development of the 2012 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games. It was jointly established by the UK Government's Department for Culture, Media and Sport, the Mayor of London and the British Olympic Association and was structured as a private company limited by guarantee. LOCOG worked closely with the publicly funded Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA), which is responsible for the planning and construction of new venues and infrastructure. The organising committee, which was not responsible for building permanent venues, reported spent £2.38 billion since winning the bid in 2005 and generated £2.41 billion. On 30 May 2013, it handed back to the government, Britain's Olympic committee and other beneficiaries a surplus of £30 million from the 2012 Games. The British Olympic Association received £5.3 million, the British Paralympic Associatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goalball At The 2023 Parapan American Games ...
Goalball competitions at the 2023 Parapan American Games in Santiago, Chile were held at the Paralympic Training Center from 18 to 24 November 2023. The winner in each tournament qualified for the 2024 Summer Paralympics. Participating nations There are 95 players from 10 nations participating in the games. * * * * (Host) * * * * * * Medal summary Medal table Medalists See also *Goalball at the 2024 Summer Paralympics References External links Results Book {{Goalball at the Parapan American Games Parapan Events at the 2023 Parapan American Games Goalball in Chile 2023 Events Predicted and scheduled events * January 1 ** In the United States, books, films, and other works published in 1927 will enter the public domain, assuming there are no changes made to copyright law. ** Croatia will adopt the eu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
