Matthew Bulow
Personal information
SpouseLacey Bulow[1][2]
Children3[1]
Sport
Country United States
SportPara-athletics
Sitting volleyball
Medal record
Representing  United States
Paralympic Games
Para-athletics
Bronze medal – third place1988 SeoulMen's 4×100 m relay A2/A4–7
Bronze medal – third place1988 SeoulMen's long jump A4/A9
Bronze medal – third place1992 BarcelonaMen's long jump J2
Bronze medal – third place1996 AtlantaMen's 4×100 m relay T42–46

Matthew Bulow is an American paralympic athlete and sitting volleyball player.[3][4] He participated at the 1988, 1992 and 1996 Summer Paralympics.[5]

Life and career

Bulow is the son of Frank Bulow.[2] He had his right leg removed after being diagnosed with bone cancer at the age of fourteen.[1][6][7] After it was removed, he wore a prosthetic leg.[7] Bulow attended Tennessee Technological University, where he earned his bachelor's degree.[1] While there he was a member of the Golden Eagles tennis team, which won the 1988 U.S. National Amputee tennis championship.[1]

Bulow represented the United States at the 1988 Summer Paralympics.[5] He won the bronze medal in the men's long jump A4/A9 event, and the bronze medal in the men's 4×100 m relay A2/A4–7 event, along with Ronnie Alsup, Rick Hoang and Dennis Oehler.[8] He also competed in the men's 100 m and 200 m A4/A9 events, and the men's sitting volleyball.[5][8]

Bulow also competed at the 1992 Summer Paralympics,[5] winning bronze medals in the men's long jump J2 event,[9] and (along with Thomas Bourgeois, Dennis Oehler and Douglas Collier) in the men's 4×100 m relay T42–46.[10] He competed in the men's 100 m and 200 m TS2 events,[9] and the men's long jump F44 event at the 1996 Summer Paralympics.[5][10]

Bulow trained as a prosthetist at the Feinberg School of Medicine.[1] He resides in Nashville, Tennessee.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Matthew Bulow, C.P." Bulow Orthotic & Prosthetic Solutions. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Standing tall". The Tennessean. Nashville, Tennessee. May 14, 1996. p. 24. Retrieved October 16, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. Closed access icon
  3. ↑ Humbles, Andy (October 13, 1993). "Bulow's longest jump". The Tennessean. Nashville, Tennessee. p. 127. Retrieved October 16, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. Closed access icon
  4. ↑ "Paralympics". The Tennessean. Nashville, Tennessee. August 19, 1996. p. 18. Retrieved October 16, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. Closed access icon
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 "Matthew Bulow". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
  6. ↑ Swint, Kim (September 6, 1995). "Out of loss, Bulow gains will to complete". The Tennessean. Nashville, Tennessee. p. 10. Retrieved October 16, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. Closed access icon
  7. 1 2 Woodbery, Evan (July 26, 2004). "Handicap can't stop Nashville player". The State. Columbia, South Carolina. p. 20. Retrieved October 16, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. Closed access icon
  8. 1 2 "Seoul 1988 Paralympic Games Results". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
  9. 1 2 "Barcelona 1992 Paralympic Games Results". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
  10. 1 2 "Atlanta 1996 Paralympic Games Results". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
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