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Paris 2024 roster announced

Paris 2024 roster announced


U.S.A. Volleyball revealed the 12 professional athletes who will represent the United States at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games ladies’s sitting volley ball competitors, intending to protect their 3rd successive gold medal after success in Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020.

The lineup consists of 9 returning gamers from the Tokyo 2020 gold-winning group and an overall of 11 Paralympic gold medallists. The returning gamers are Katie Holloway Bridge, Whitney Dosty, Heather Erickson, Kaleo Kanahele Maclay, Monique Matthews, Emma Schieck, Lexi Shifflett-Patterson,  Lora Webster-Bargellini and Bethany Zummo.

Adding depth to the group are Tia Edwards and Nicky Nieves, both gold medallists from Rio 2016, together with libero Sydney Satchell, who will make her Paralympic launching in Paris.

Veteran gamer Webster will be making her 6th Paralympic look, while Bridge and Erickson will each take part in their 5th. Kanahele Maclay and Matthews are set for their 4th Games. Zummo and Shifflett return for their 3rd Paralympics, with Dosty, Edwards, Nieves, and Schieck returning for their 2nd.

The group is led by head coach Bill Hamiter, who has actually been with the group given that 2008. Assistant coaches Michelle Goodall and Leo Filho bring extra experience and knowledge, with Goodall attending her 3rd Paralympic Games and Filho making his launching.

Since 2004, the U.S.A. group has actually regularly medalled at every Paralympic Games, accomplishing their very first gold at Rio 2016 and duplicating the task at Tokyo 2020. The group has actually likewise won silver at London 2012 and Beijing 2008, and bronze at Athens 2004.

In Paris, Team U.S.A. will complete in Pool A alongside China, France and Italy. Pool B includes Canada, Brazil, Rwanda, and Slovenia. They will begin their Paralympic title defence versus China, a group they have actually dealt with in the last 4 Paralympic finals, and just recently beat two times at the WPV Women’s Super 6.

Paris 2024 Roster

  1. Lora Webster-Bargellini
  2. Bethany Zummo
  3. Lexi Schifflet-Patterson
  4. Katie Holloway Bridge
  5. Heather Erickson
  6. Monique Matthews
  7. Whitney Dosty
  8. Tia Edwards
  9. Sydney Satchel
  10. Emma Schieck
  11. Kaleo Kanahele Maclay
  12. Nicky Nieves

Team Officials

Head Coach: Bill Hamiter
Assistant Coaches: Leo Filho, Michelle Goodall
Team Leader: Patrick Lawrence
Athletic Trainer: Kat King
Performance Analyst: Jeffery Hicks
Team Psychologist: Adam O’Neil
Athletic Performance Coach: Bobby Moore
Dietitian: Jacque Scaramella



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