Lora Jessica Webster (born August 26, 1986)[1] is an American Paralympic volleyballist. She won a 2018 Theresa Award.[2]
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| Full name | Lora Jessica Webster | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | August 26, 1986 (age 38) Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hometown | Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Early life
editWebster was born in Phoenix, Arizona. By the time she turned 11 she was diagnosed with osteosarcoma in her left tibia. She underwent a rotationplasty procedure to remove the cancerous bone, and lost her knee that way. In 1998 she got a prosthetic leg.[3] In 2004, she graduated from Cactus Shadows High School in Cave Creek, Arizona with the Gene Autry Courage Award.[4] While she was in high school she competed in track and diving at Lincoln East High School in Lincoln, Nebraska.[3]
Career
editIn 2003, she won a gold medal in Parapan American Games and in 2004 participated in 2004 Paralympic Games, where she won a bronze medal.[5] She won a silver medal for her participation at 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing, China. The same year she got a bronze medal for her participation at World Organization Volleyball for Disabled where she also won an Intercontinental Cup. She also got two gold medals in 2009, one for Parapan American Zonal Championship and another for EuroCup.[3] In 2016, she competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.[6] At the 2016 Rio Games she won a gold medal. At the 2018 World ParaVolley World Championships, she won a silver medal.[7] At the 2020 Tokyo Summer Paralympics, realized in 2021, she won a gold medal.
Personal life
editWebster married Paul Bargellini in 2010. Together they have 2 daughters and two sons. In the February 2006 issue of Cosmopolitan magazine, she was named Cosmo's first Fun Fearless Female Reader and also won a prize of $10,000. She studied broadcasting at the University of Central Oklahoma.[3] In 2017, she graduated from Stony Brook University.[8]
In 2019, Webster announced her candidacy for Town of Hempstead Town Council as a Democrat.[9][10]
References
edit- ^ "Lora Webster profile". Volleyball Magazine. Archived from the original on September 19, 2010. Retrieved September 25, 2013.
- ^ "Meet Lora Webster, Recipient of the 2018 Theresa Award - Theresa Foundation | New York". Theresa Foundation. April 18, 2018. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
- ^ a b c d "Lora Webster". Team USA. United States Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on April 26, 2012. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
- ^ "Local Paralympian Honored with Prestigious Award". Archived from the original on March 16, 2014. Retrieved March 15, 2014.
- ^ "Volleyball at the Athens 2004 Paralympic Games". www.paralympic.org.
- ^ "Long Island Paralympians: Point Lookout's Lora Webster to compete in Rio 2016 Paralympics". News 12 Networks. September 5, 2016. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
- ^ "LORA WEBSTER". teamusa.org. Archived from the original on April 8, 2015.
- ^ University, Stony Brook. "Stony Brook 40 Under Forty". www.stonybrook.edu. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
- ^ "Lora Webster". Nassau County Democratic Committee.
- ^ "Hempstead Town Council Candidates: Meet Lora Webster". Long Beach, NY Patch. October 14, 2019. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
External links
edit- Lora Webster at Team USA (archived)
- Lora Webster at USA Volleyball
- Lora Webster at the International Paralympic Committee
- Lora Webster at IPC.InfostradaSports.com (archived)
- Lora Webster at the IPC Tokyo 2020 website[dead link]