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Full name | Tia Mackenzie Edwards | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | [1] Claremore, Oklahoma, U.S | April 8, 1995 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 6 in (168 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Sitting volleyball | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tia Mackenzie Edwards (born April 8, 1995) is an American sitting volleyball player.
Edwaards competed at the World Para Volleyball Championship and won a silver medal in 2018. [2] She again competed at the World Championship in 2022 and won a bronze medal. [3] [4]
She represented the United States at the 2015 Parapan American Games and won a gold medal. [5] She again represented the United States at the 2019 Parapan American Games and won a gold medal. [6]
She represented the United States at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in sitting volleyball and won a gold medal. [7] [8] On July 10, 2024, she was named to team USA's roster to compete at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. [9]
Edwards was born to Dalton Edwards and Mica Pattillo, and has two sisters, Mikayla Shulanberger and Millie Pattillo, and a brother, Ryan Edwards. She was born with congenital birth defect to her left hand. [4]
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