| Annie Flood | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | May 16, 2003 Salem, Oregon, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) | ||||||||||||||
| College / University | Linfield University | ||||||||||||||
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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.
Flood 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]
Flood 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]
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