Cheryl Angelelli-Kornoelje is a retired American para swimmer, an Oakland University bachelor's degree's graduate and a motivational speaker.[1] She was inducted into the Michigan Athletes with Disabilities Hall of Fame in 2000, and she was named Female Amateur Athlete of the Year by the State of Michigan twice, once in 2000 and once in 2003.[2]
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| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | August 1, 1968 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Paralympic swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability | Spinal cord injury (quadriplegia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | S4, SB3, SM4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Biography
editWhen Angelelli was a teenager, she sustained a spinal cord injury after breaking her neck from hitting her head on the bottom of the pool after diving off a starting block in 1983. She was practicing her start off the swimming block.[3] She took up para swimming in 1998 in Detroit. She created a documentary film titled Untold Dreams to raise the awareness of the many abilities of disabled people and knowledge of the Paralympics as well as talking about her success in competitive swimming.
Angelelli retired from swimming in 2013 and switched to wheelchair ballroom dancing.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Athlete Bio". International Paralympic Committee. April 16, 2009.[dead link]
- ^ "Cheryl Angelelli-Kornoelje". Team USA. April 16, 2019. Archived from the original on August 21, 2014.
- ^ "Paralympic Spotlight: Cheryl Angelelli-Kornoelje". Swimming World Magazine. August 25, 2009.
- ^ "Unstoppable: The Cheryl Angelelli Story". mobileWOMEN.org. April 16, 2019.