Hope Lewellen

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Hope Lewellen
Personal information
BornApril 20, 1967 (1967-04-20) (age 58)
Palos Park, Illinois, U.S.
Medal record
Representing Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Paralympic Games
Women's wheelchair tennis
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1996 Atlanta Doubles
Women's sitting volleyball
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2004 Athens Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2008 Beijing Team
WOVD Intercontinental Cup
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2008 Ismaïlia, EgyptTeam

Hope Lewellen (born April 20, 1967) [1] is an American wheelchair tennis and sitting volleyball player.

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Biography

Lewellen was born in Palos Park, Illinois. In 1996 she won her first medal which was silver for her participation in wheelchair tennis at Paralympic Games, Atlanta, Georgia. Four years, in Sydney, Australia she became quarterfinalist in the same sport. In 2004, she won a bronze medal in Paralympic Games in Athens, Greece. [2] Four years later she was awarded another bronze medal, this time for her participation in World Organization Volleyball for Disabled Intercontinental Cup in Ismaïlia, Egypt. The same year she won a silver medal in Women's Sitting Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. [3]

References

  1. ↑ "Paralympics: Hope Lewellen". International Tennis Federation. September 25, 2013. Archived from the original on September 28, 2013. Retrieved July 6, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Volleyball at the Athens 2004 Paralympic Games". paralympic.org. Archived from the original on April 26, 2019. Retrieved April 26, 2019.
  3. ↑ "Hope Lewellen". Team USA. United States Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on February 28, 2014. Retrieved July 6, 2013.


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