Annie Flood (born May 16, 2003) is an American Paralympic volleyballist. At the age of 18, Flood won a gold medal at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.
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| Born | May 16, 2003 Salem, Oregon, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) | ||||||||||||||
| College / University | Linfield University | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early life
editFlood was born on May 16, 2003, in Salem, Oregon[1] to parents Jeff and Linda.[2] Flood was born with fibular hemimelia and learned to walk on a prosthetic leg.[3] When she was 10 years old, Flood received her first grant for an athletic leg which she used to play soccer and run.[4]
Career
editFlood was introduced to sitting volleyball through a summer camp in Ohio in 2016. Shortly thereafter, she started training in the National Team A2 program and about a year later started training with the US national team.[2] During her senior year at South Salem High School,[5] Flood was a member of the gold medal-winning sitting volleyball team at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.[6] Following the Games, she returned to North America to attend Linfield University for a degree in intensive care nursing.[7]
References
edit- ^ "FLOOD Annie". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on September 10, 2021. Retrieved September 10, 2021.
- ^ a b "Annie Flood". Team USA. Archived from the original on September 10, 2021. Retrieved September 10, 2021.
- ^ Poehler, Bill (July 9, 2014). "Wounded Warrior camp an experience for Annie Flood". Statesmen Journal. Retrieved September 10, 2021.
- ^ "ANNIE FLOOD". Challenged Athletes. Retrieved September 10, 2021.
- ^ McCord, AJ (October 30, 2020). "South Salem senior shoots for 'second chance' at Paralympics". KOIN. Retrieved September 10, 2021.
- ^ Azzi, Alex (September 5, 2021). "US women win second straight gold in sitting volleyball". NBC Sports. Retrieved September 10, 2021.
- ^ Krupke, Nick (September 25, 2020). "South Salem senior, Sitting volleyball player lives, learns in Oklahoma in time of COVID-19". KPTV. Retrieved September 10, 2021.