Annie Flood
Personal information
NationalityAmerican
Born (2003-05-16) May 16, 2003
Salem, Oregon, U.S.
Height5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
College / UniversityLinfield University
Medal record
Women's sitting volleyball
Representing  United States
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place2020 TokyoSitting volleyball

Annie Flood (born May 16, 2003) is an American Paralympic volleyballist. At the age of 18, Flood won a gold medal at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.

Early life

Flood was born on May 16, 2003, in Salem, Oregon[1] to parents Jeff and Linda.[2] Flood was born with fibular hemimelia and learned to walk on a prosthetic leg.[3] When she was 10 years old, Flood received her first grant for an athletic leg which she used to play soccer and run.[4]

Career

Flood was introduced to sitting volleyball through a summer camp in Ohio in 2016. Shortly thereafter, she started training in the National Team A2 program and about a year later started training with the US national team.[2] During her senior year at South Salem High School,[5] Flood was a member of the gold medal-winning sitting volleyball team at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.[6] Following the Games, she returned to North America to attend Linfield University for a degree in intensive care nursing.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "FLOOD Annie". Tokyo2020.org. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on September 10, 2021. Retrieved September 10, 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Annie Flood". Team USA. Archived from the original on September 10, 2021. Retrieved September 10, 2021.
  3. ↑ Poehler, Bill (July 9, 2014). "Wounded Warrior camp an experience for Annie Flood". Statesmen Journal. Retrieved September 10, 2021.
  4. ↑ "ANNIE FLOOD". Challenged Athletes. Retrieved September 10, 2021.
  5. ↑ McCord, AJ (October 30, 2020). "South Salem senior shoots for 'second chance' at Paralympics". KOIN. Retrieved September 10, 2021.
  6. ↑ Azzi, Alex (September 5, 2021). "US women win second straight gold in sitting volleyball". NBC Sports. Retrieved September 10, 2021.
  7. ↑ Krupke, Nick (September 25, 2020). "South Salem senior, Sitting volleyball player lives, learns in Oklahoma in time of COVID-19". KPTV. Retrieved September 10, 2021.
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