Rebecca Meyers
.jpg) Meyers during a visit to the Maryland State House in July 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname(s) | Becca | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | November 20, 1994 Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Meyers on teamusa.org | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  USA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Paralympic swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | S12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Nation's Capital Swim Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Rebecca Meyers (born November 20, 1994) is a Paralympic swimmer.[1][2] She is blind and deaf.[1][2] She has seven world records.[2][3] Meyers swam in the Paralympics three times. She has also gotten many awards.
Early life
[change | change source]Meyers was born on November 20, 1994. She has Usher Syndrome.[1]
Meyers started swimming in 2000.[2][3] She was six when she started swimming.[2][3]
Meyers went to Franklin & Marshall College.[1][2] She studied world history.
Events and awards
[change | change source]Meyers' best swimming events are 50, 100, and 400 meter freestyle.[3] She also swims the 100 meter Butterfly.[3] Meyers also swims the 200 meter IM (Intermediate Medley) and the 100 meter breaststroke.[1][3]
Meyers been to the Paralympics three times. She has gone to world championships in 2013, 2015, 2017, and 2019. She has 10 world championship medals.[2] She has gotten 6 gold, 3 silver, and 3 bronze medals from the Paralympics.[3]
Meyers got the Swimming Trischa L. Zorn award in 2016, 2018, and 2019.[2] She received the ESPY award in 2015 and 2017.[2][3] Meyers also got the USADSF award.[2]
References
[change | change source]- 1 2 3 4 5 "F&M's Meyers Swimming in Rio: Becca Meyers Is in 5 Events at This Year's Paralympic Games." (2016-09-06). LPN. Retrieved 2021-12-08. - via ProQuest
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Rebecca Meyers". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2021-12-08.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Becca Meyers". Team USA. Retrieved 2021-12-08.
- 1994 births
- Blind sportspeople
- Deaf people
- Living people
- Paralympic bronze medalists for the United States
- Paralympic gold medalists for the United States
- Paralympic silver medalists for the United States
- Sportspeople from Baltimore
- Competitors at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Competitors at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- World record holders