Hope Lewellen (born April 20, 1967)[1] is an American wheelchair tennis and sitting volleyball player.
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| Born | April 20, 1967 (age 57) Palos Park, Illinois, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Biography
editLewellen was born in Palos Park, Illinois. In 1996 she won her first medal which was silver for her participation in wheelchair tennis at Paralympic Games, Atlanta, Georgia. Four years, in Sydney, Australia she became quarterfinalist in the same sport. In 2004, she won a bronze medal in Paralympic Games in Athens, Greece.[2] Four years later she was awarded another bronze medal, this time for her participation in World Organization Volleyball for Disabled Intercontinental Cup in Ismaïlia, Egypt. The same year she won a silver medal in Women's Sitting Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Paralympics: Hope Lewellen". International Tennis Federation. September 25, 2013. Retrieved July 6, 2013.
- ^ "Volleyball at the Athens 2004 Paralympic Games". www.paralympic.org.
- ^ "Hope Lewellen". Team USA. United States Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on February 28, 2014. Retrieved July 6, 2013.
External links
edit- Hope Lewellen at the International Paralympic Committee
- Hope Lewellen at Team USA (archived)
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