Marybai Huking

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Marybai Huking
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Huking at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Personal information
Born (1996-11-11) November 11, 1996 (age 28)
Yingtan, [1] Jiangxi, China
Home town Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.
Education Portland State University
University of Utah [2]
Height5 ft 1 in (1.55 m) [3]
Weight123 lb (56 kg) [3]
Sport
CountryFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Sport Goalball
Disability class B2 [4]
Medal record
Women's goalball
Representing Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Paralympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2014 EspooTeam
Parapan American Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Toronto Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Lima Team

Marybai Huking (born November 11, 1996) is an American goalball player who won a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. [5] She was adopted from China when she was two years old, and raised in Salt Lake City. [1]

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Early life

Born on November 11, 1996 with albinism and classified as legally blind. [1] [6] [2]

Career

In 2010, Utah Foundation for the Blind and Visually Impaired introduced Marybai to goalball. [7]

At the 2020 Summer Games, she made 101 blocks in 72 minutes of her duration of playing. She is also a two-time Paralympic medalist, winning bronze in Rio and silver in Tokyo. [8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Marybai Huking". Team USA . Archived from the original on January 1, 2016. Retrieved January 22, 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Rio-Bound: Marybai Huking – Women's Goalball - United States Association of Blind Athletes" . Retrieved January 23, 2020.
  3. 1 2 "Marybai Huking". International Paralympic Committee . Retrieved January 28, 2020.[ dead link ]
  4. ↑ "Goalball Women Quarterfinal Start List" (PDF). 2016 Summer Paralympics . September 14, 2016. Retrieved January 25, 2020.
  5. ↑ Jones, Brookelyn (January 30, 2017). "Marybai Huking: Bronze medalist". Pack News (Fremont High School). Retrieved January 22, 2020.
  6. ↑ Staff, MAKENZIE KOCH/Standard-Examiner. "Fremont High alum Marybai Huking wins bronze in goalball at Rio Paralympics". Standard-Examiner. Retrieved January 23, 2020.
  7. ↑ Dominy, Lucy (August 18, 2021). "Tokyo 2020: Huking swaps ice for goalball". IBSA International Blind Sports Federation. Retrieved June 12, 2024.
  8. ↑ "Marybai Huking". Utah Sports Commission. March 3, 2022. Retrieved June 12, 2024.


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