Rebecca Meyers
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| Nickname(s) | Becca | |||||||||||||||||||||
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20 November 1994 Baltimore, United States |
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| Sport | Paralympic swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | = S13 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Rebecca Meyers (born in Baltimore on November 20, 1994) is a Paralympic swimmer of the United States. She won three gold and one silver medals in Rio 2016. Rebecca was also a member of the 2012 Paralympic Team and won a Silver and Bronze in London. [1]
She has Usher syndrome and has been deaf since she was born. Since she was young she has used a cochlear implant, an electronic device that allows her to hear when people communicate with her [2] Rebecca is also losing her vision to a disease called Retinitis PIgmentosa (RP) and currently has a Seeing Eye dog named Birdie, who helps her navigate the world. [3] In 2015, she received a Best Female Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award. She won gold in record time at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. She grew up in Baltimore and graduated from Notre Dame Prep and is currently attending Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, PA. She was a club swimmer with Loyola Blakefield Aquatics for eleven years. In 2012, she joined and continues to train at North Baltimore Aquatic Club, an elite swim club based in Baltimore, MD where Michael Phelps trained. She holds multiple World Records in the S13 class.
2015: Glasgow, Scotland IPC Swimming World Championships
2 Gold Medals : 200M Individual Medley and 400M Freestyle. 1 Silver Medal: 100M Butterfly. Set 2 World Records in the S13 Classification: 200M Individual Medley and 400M Freestyle. [4] [5]
2014: Pasadena, California Pan Pac Para-Swimming Championships
4 Gold Medals: 100M Butterfly, 100M Freestyle, 400M Freestyle, and 200M Individual Medley. 2 Silver Medals: 100M Breaststroke and 50M Freestyle. Set 2 World Records in the S13 Classification: 200M Individual Medley and 400M Freestyle. [6] [7]
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