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Tokyo Paralympians Win 16 Medals in Visually Impaired Categories

Posted September 15, 2021  Uncategorized

At the recently-concluded Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, Team USA competed in a total of 241 events across 19 sport disciplines. The U.S. won a total of 37 gold, 36 silver and 31 bronze medals, and 129 athletes came home with hardware.

This year’s team consisted of 242 athletes, including 37 with visual impairments and six guides.

In sports and categories for athletes with visual impairments, Team USA captured 16 medals, including four gold, seven silver and five bronze.

Gold medalists were triathlete Brad Snyder (St. Petersburg, Fla.), swimmers Anastasia Pagonis (Long Island, N.Y.) and Gia Pergolini (Atlanta, Ga.), and track athlete Noah Malone (Fishers, Ind.).

Silver medals were won by the U.S. women’s goalball team, judoka Ben Goodrich (St. Paul, Minn.), swimmer Colleen Young (St. Louis, Mo.), and track athletes Liza Corso (Newmarket, N.H.), Lex Gillette (Raleigh, N.C.) and Malone.

Taking home bronze medals were Pagonis, Young, and track athletes Kym Crosby (Yuba City, Calif.) and Isaac Jean-Paul (Evanston, Ill.). A complete list of results for Tokyo Paralympians with visual impairments can be found below:

Goalball

USA Women’s Team (Mindy Cook (Celina, Ohio), Lisa Czechowski (Boonton, N.J.), Amanda Dennis (Peachtree City, Ga.), Marybai Huking (Salt Lake City, Utah), Eliana Mason (Beaverton, Ore.) and Asya Miller (Portland, Ore.))

  • Silver medal

USA Men’s Team (Zach Buhler (Huntington, Ind.), John Kusku (Commerce Township, Mich.), Tyler Merren (Fort Wayne, Ind.), Matt Simpson (Atlanta, Ga.), Daryl Walker (Jacksonville, Fla.) and Calahan Young (Irwin, Pa.))

  • 4th place

Judo

Ben Goodrich (St. Paul, Minn.)

  • Silver medal in men’s -100kg

Katie Davis (Sacramento, Calif.)

  • Lost in quarterfinals of women’s +70kg

Maria Liana Mutia (Raleigh, N.C.)

  • Lost in Round of 16 in women’s -63kg

Robert Tanaka (Denver, Colo.)

  • Lost in Round of 16 in men’s -66kg

Paratriathlon

Brad Snyder (St. Petersburg, Fla.)

  • Gold medal in men’s PTVI with guide Greg Billington

Kyle Coon (Carbondale, Colo.)

  • 5th in men’s PTVI with guide Andy Potts

Elizabeth Baker (Roswell, Ga.)

  • 8th in women’s PTVI with guide Jillian Elliott

Amy Dixon (Pound Ridge, N.Y.)

  • 12th in women’s PTVI with guide Kirsten Sass

Swimming

Anastasia Pagonis (Long Island, N.Y.)

  • Gold medal in women’s 400m freestyle S11 (world record)
  • Bronze medal in women’s 200m individual medley SM11 (Americas record)
  • 4th in women’s 100m freestyle S11 final
  • 8th in women’s 50m freestyle final (Americas record)

Gia Pergolini (Atlanta, Ga.)

  • Gold medal in women’s 100m backstroke S13 (world record)
  • 5th in women’s 100m butterfly S13 final
  • 9th in women’s 50m freestyle S13 heats

Colleen Young (St. Louis, Mo.)

  • Silver medal in women’s 200m individual medley SM13
  • Bronze medal in women’s 100m breaststroke SB13 (Americas record)
  • 8th in women’s 100m backstroke final
  • 20th in women’s 50m freestyle S13 heats

David Abrahams (Havertown, Pa.)

  • 4th in men’s 200m individual medley final SM13

Cailin Currie (Salem, Mass.)

  • 9th in women’s 400m freestyle S13 heats

McClain Hermes (Dacula, Ga.)

  • 6th in women’s 400m freestyle S11 final
  • 10th in women’s 100m breaststroke SB11 heats
  • 11th in women’s 100m backstroke heats
  • 13th in women’s 200m individual medley SM11 heats

Makayla Nietzel (Crystal Lake, Ill.)

  • 7th in women’s 400m freestyle S13 final
  • 7th in women’s 100m butterfly S13 final

Martha Ruether (Allegany, N.Y.)

  • 13th in women’s 100m butterfly S13 heats
  • 15th in women’s 100m breaststroke SB13 heats
  • 15th in women’s 50m freestyle S13 heats

Track & Field

Noah Malone (Fishers, Ind.)

  • Gold medal in 4x100m universal relay
  • Silver medal in men’s 100m T12
  • Silver medal in men’s 400m T12

Liza Corso (Newmarket, N.H.)

  • Silver medal in women’s 1500m T13

Lex Gillette (Raleigh, N.C.)

  • Silver medal in men’s long jump T11

Kym Crosby (Yuba City, Calif.)

  • Bronze medal in women’s 100m T13
  • Bronze medal in women’s 400m T13

Isaac Jean-Paul (Evanston, Ill.)

  • Bronze medal in men’s long jump T13
  • 4th in men’s 100m T13 final

David Brown (St. Louis, Mo.)

  • 4th in men’s 100m T11 semifinal

Joel Gomez (Encinitas, Calif.)

  • 6th in men’s 400m T13 heat
  • 10th in men’s 1500m T13 final

Erin Kerkhoff (Coralville, Iowa)

  • 5th in women’s 100m T13 heat
  • 8th in women’s 400m T13 final

Taylor Talbot (Ontario, Ore.)

  • 4th in women’s 400m T13 heat
  • 5th in women’s 100m T13 heat

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