Penny Ricker Greely (born March 10, 1971, in

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) is a three time Paralympian for

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. She competes as a wheelchair curler and competed as a

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player. She played in the bronze medal-winning United States team in

Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Paralympics was staged at the Helliniko Fencing Hall from 21 to 27 September. Two sitting volleyball team events were held, one for men and one for women. The sport is performed sitting down, on a smaller court wit ...

and competed in

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and the

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Athletic career

Greely began her Paralympic career as a sitting volleyball player in the

2004 Summer Paralympics ) , nations = 136 , athletes = 3,806 , events = 519 in 19 sports , opening = 17 September , closing = 28 September , opened_by = President Costis Stephanopoulos , cauldron = Georgios Toptsis , stadium = Olympic ...

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, where she earned a

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. She competed in the 2003

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to qualify for the 2004 Paralympic Team. She has since retired from sitting volleyball. Greely began wheelchair curling in July 2010. She competed in her first international competition in Prague, Czechoslovakia, in February 2011. She has since competed in over a dozen countries internationally, including Finland, Slovakia, Switzerland, Scotland, South Korea, and Russia. She made her Paralympic debut in wheelchair curling at the

2014 Winter Paralympics The 2014 Winter Paralympics (russian: Зимние Паралимпийские игры 2014, Zimniye Paralimpiyskiye igry 2014), the 11th Paralympic Winter Games, and also more generally known as the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games, were an ...

held in

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. Greely has represented Team USA in five world championships in wheelchair curling. Greely and her teammates first won an international competition in wheelchair curling at the Finnish International Wheelchair Open in

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. She was selected for the 2018 Paralympic wheelchair curling team. Her wheelchair curling position is Lead. Her 2018 teammates include Kirk Black, Steve Emt, Justin Marshall, and Meghan Lino. She practices curling at the Green Bay Curling Club. Her coach is Rusty Schieber.

Personal life

She currently works as a case worker for Brown County, WI. She has a husband and one son.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Greely, Penny 1971 births Living people American sitting volleyball players Paralympic bronze medalists for the United States Paralympic volleyball players of the United States Paralympic wheelchair curlers of the United States Sportspeople from Green Bay, Wisconsin Volleyball players at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Wheelchair curlers at the 2014 Winter Paralympics Wheelchair curlers at the 2018 Winter Paralympics Women's sitting volleyball players American female curlers American wheelchair curlers Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Paralympic medalists in volleyball 21st-century American women