Tyler Merren
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| Born | May 29, 1984 Allegan, Michigan, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 193 lb (88 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Goalball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability | Retinitis pigmentosa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | B2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Tyler Merren (born May 29, 1984) is an American goalball player. His visual impairment is caused by retinitis pigmentosa. He attended Wayland High School and went to Western Michigan University to study exercise science.[1][2]
His wife Leanne is also blind.[3] He competed for the bronze-medalist US team in Goalball at the 2004 Summer Paralympics.[4] He also competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics and the 2016 Summer Paralympics.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Lauren J. Lieberman; Paul E. Ponchillia; Susan Kay Vlahas Ponchillia (October 1, 2012). Physical Education and Sports for People with Visual Impairments and Deafblindness: Foundations of Instruction. American Foundation for the Blind. p. 274. ISBN 978-0-89128-454-3.
- ^ "TeamUSA Profile - Tyler Merren". teamusa.org. March 19, 2019. Archived from the original on January 1, 2016.
- ^ "Local blind athlete Merren to create South Florida goalball team". South Florida Sun-Sentinel. September 30, 2014. Retrieved September 16, 2016.
- ^ "WMU News - U.S. goalball teams bring home silver and bronze". wmich.edu. Retrieved September 16, 2016.
- ^ "USA goalball players aiming to soothe pain of London 2012 by returning to top at Rio 2016". Rio2016.com. Archived from the original on January 25, 2015.
External links
[edit]- Tyler Merren at Team USA (archive May 31, 2023)
- Tyler Merren at the International Paralympic Committee
- Tyler Merren on Instagram
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Categories:
- 1984 births
- Living people
- American male goalball players
- Paralympic goalball players for the United States
- Paralympic silver medalists for the United States
- Paralympic bronze medalists for the United States
- Paralympic medalists in goalball
- Goalball players at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
- Goalball players at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Goalball players at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Goalball players at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Goalball players at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Parapan American Games silver medalists for the United States
- Parapan American Games medalists in goalball
- Goalball players at the 2011 Parapan American Games
- Goalball players at the 2019 Parapan American Games
- Medalists at the 2011 Parapan American Games
- Medalists at the 2019 Parapan American Games
- Western Michigan University alumni
- People from Allegan, Michigan
- Sportspeople from Michigan
- American Paralympic medalist stubs
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