Asya Miller Lapper (born October 16, 1979) is a five-time

Paralympic The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the ''Games of the Paralympiad'', is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of physical disabilities, including impaired muscle power and impaire ...

medalist, with four of her medals coming in

goalball Goalball is a team sport designed specifically for athletes with a vision impairment. Participants compete in teams of three, and try to throw a ball that has bells embedded inside of it into the opponents' goal. The ball is thrown by hand a ...

. 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 The , branded as the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, was an international multi-sport event, multi-sport parasports event held from 24 August to 5 September 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. They were the 16th Summer Paralympic Games as organized by the Inter ...

. Together they have won four Paralympic medals, including gold at the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games. Her visual impairment is caused by

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 (S ...

. She has also competed in various throwing events, like discus, besides goalball. Her wife is fellow

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 ...

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