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Lonnie Hannah II (born February 17, 1964) is an American former ice sledge hockey player. He won medals with Team USA at the 2002 Winter Paralympics and 2006 Winter Paralympics. [1]
As a child, Hannah was a roller skating champion. [2] [3]
At 20 years old, he was injured at work by a falling shelving unit which broke three vertebrae and paralyzed him from the waist down. He was diagnosed with melanoma in 2005. [3]
He won three national wheelchair tennis championships (two doubles and a single). In 1996, he was named Player of the Year by the National Foundation of Wheelchair Tennis. [3]
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