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| Born | 25 September 1962 Montreal, Quebec, Canada | |||||||||||||
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| Country |  Canada | |||||||||||||
| Sport | Goalball | |||||||||||||
| Disability | Retinopathy caused by diabetes | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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Anne Jarry (born 25 September 1962) is a former Canadian goalball player who competed in international elite events. She was a bronze medalist at the 1992 Summer Paralympics. [1]
Jarry was diagnosed with juvenile diabetes as a young child and received insulin injections on a regular basis by her mother. Jarry went on to have an active life playing tennis nationally for Quebec but had difficult time in her teenage years due to diabetes as her vision was decreasing, she was diagnosed with advanced proliferating diabetic retinopathy in her early twenties which later affected her pancreas and right eye. [2]
Jarry underwent an operation to get a pancreas transplant but her body rejected the new organ and her right eye started bleeding during the operation, she was offered a second pancreas transplant a few months later but didn't want to. She had surgery on her right eye in North Carolina but it proved unsuccessful and has low peripheral vision in this eye. She had another operation on her left eye but it also wasn't successful as she was blind in left eye. In 1988, Jarry took part in the Canada's national women's goalball team and trained alongside Diane Bouthillier and Nathalie Chartrand, Jarry and Chartrand were qualified to compete at the 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona and won a bronze medal in the women's tournament. Jarry retired in 1995 after suffering from a groin injury which also had an effect on her diabetes. [3]
Lisa Czechowski is an American goalball player. Her Paralympic debut won her a silver medal for discus at the 2000 Summer Paralympics; she also competed in goalball at those games. In December 2001 she took part in the torch relay for the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. As part of the American team she won silver at Goalball at the 2004 Summer Paralympics, gold for Goalball at the 2008 Summer Paralympics and an 8th place finish at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in Goalball.
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