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A total of 38 swimming athletes (20 male and 18 female) were selected to represent the U.S. at the 2008 Paralympic Games. [43] Melissa Stockwell , a former United States Army officer who lost her left leg to a roadside bomb, became the first Iraq War veteran to be selected for the Paralympics.
L 2–6 Did not advance =17 Jordan White: 580 27 Ciszek L 2–6 Did not advance =17 Jason Tabansky: Men's individual W1: 654 6 — Franco W 137–122 Drahonínský W 139–131 Tonon W 136–115 Han W 134–131 Tracy Otto: Women's individual W1: 547 10 — Liu W 118–113 Chen L 107–124 Did not advance 8
The team then improved to a fourth-place finish in 2016, and third in 2020, and unexpectedly finished first at the 2018 Winter Paralympics. The United States was the co-host of the 1984 Summer Paralympics in Stoke Mandeville and New York .
On January 24, 2023, Chambers was named to the 2023 U.S. Paralympics Swimming National Team roster. [7] On April 29, 2023, she was named to the roster to represent the United States at the 2023 World Para Swimming Championships. [8]
The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) released the full, 225-member team roster on Monday. Team USA will have 110 male and 110 female Paralympic athletes — plus five guides ...
A Vermont Christian high school forfeited a girls basketball game because the opposing team had a transgender player, the head of school said.
During the 2024 United States Paralympic trials, Truwit set an American record in the 100 m backstroke S10 event with a time of 1:08.98. [6] On June 30, 2024, she was named to team USA's roster to compete at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. [7] [8] [9] She won two Paralympic silver medals: in the women’s S10 400-meter freestyle and 100m ...
In USA’s final swimming event of the night, Grace Nuhfer picked up a silver in the women’s 100 butterfly S13 for her first Paralympic medal with a time of 1:03.88.