Penny Greely
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| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||||
| Citizenship | United States | ||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1971-03-10) 10 March 1971 Green Bay, Wisconsin | ||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  United States | ||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Sitting volleyball, Wheelchair curling | ||||||||||||||||
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Penny Ricker Greely (born March 10, 1971 in Green Bay, Wisconsin) is a three time Paralympian for Team USA.[1] She competes as a wheelchair curler and competed as a sitting volleyball player. She played in the bronze-medal winning United States team in Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Paralympics and competed in Wheelchair curling at the 2014 Winter Paralympics and the 2018 Winter Paralympics.[2]
Contents
1 Athletic Career
2 Personal Life
3 References
4 External links
Athletic Career
Greely began her Paralympic career as a sitting volleyball player in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece where she earned a bronze medal. She competed in the 2003 Parapan American Games to qualify for the 2004 Paralympic Team.[3] She has since retired from sitting volleyball.[3]
Greely began wheelchair curling in July 2010.[3] She competed in her first international competition in Prague, Czechoslovakia in February 2011.[3] She has since competed in over a dozen countries internationally, including Finland, Slovakia, Switzerland, Scotland, South Korea, and Russia.[4][5] She made her Paralympic debut in wheelchair curling at the 2014 Winter Paralympics held in Sochi, Russia.[4] Greely has represented Team USA in five world championships in wheelchair curling.[2] Greely and her teammates first won an international competition in wheelchair curling at the Finnish International Wheelchair Open in Lohja, Finland.[4] She was selected for the 2018 Paralympic wheelchair curling team.[2] Her wheelchair curling position is Lead. Her 2018 teammates include Kirk Black, Steve Emt, Justin Marshall, and Meghan Lino.[2]
She practices curling at the Green Bay Curling Club.[6] Her coach is Rusty Schieber.[2]
Personal Life
She currently works as a case worker for Brown County, WI. She has a husband and one son.[2]
References
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^ abcdef Team USA profile
^ abcd Carey, Timothy A. "Penny Greely – Paralympics Sochi 2014 – Curling" (PDF).
^ abc "Greely travels world thanks to curling". Press Gazette Media. Retrieved 2018-03-11.
^ Pallares, Lindsey. "Green Bay's Penny Greely heads to Pyeongchang". Retrieved 2018-03-11.
^ Sports, John Doran, FOX 11. "Green Bay-area native competing in 3rd Paralympic games". WLUK. Retrieved 2018-03-11.
External links
Penny Greely at the United States Olympic Committee
Penny Greely on the World Curling Federation database
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