Lora Webster
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| Full name | Lora Jessica Webster | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | August 26, 1986 (age 37) Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hometown | Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lora Jessica Webster (born August 26, 1986)[1] is an American Paralympic volleyballist. She won a 2018 Theresa Award.[2]
Early life
Webster was born in
Lynn Swan.[4] While she was in high school she competed in track and diving at Lincoln East High School in Lincoln, Nebraska.[3]
Career
In 2003, she won a gold medal in
2020 Tokyo Summer Paralympics
, realized in 2021, she won a gold medal.
Personal life
Webster married Paul Bargellini in 2010. Together they have a daughter and two sons. In the February 2006 issue of Cosmopolitan magazine, she was named Cosmo's first Fun Fearless Female Reader and also won a prize of $10,000. She studied broadcasting at the University of Central Oklahoma.[3] In 2017, she graduated from Stony Brook University.[8]
In 2019, Webster announced her candidacy for
References
- ^ "Lora Webster profile". Volleyball Magazine. Archived from the original on September 19, 2010. Retrieved September 25, 2013.
- ^ "Meet Lora Webster, Recipient of the 2018 Theresa Award - Theresa Foundation | New York". Theresa Foundation. April 18, 2018. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
- ^ United States Olympic Committee. Archived from the originalon April 26, 2012. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
- ^ "Local Paralympian Honored with Prestigious Award". Archived from the original on March 16, 2014. Retrieved March 15, 2014.
- ^ "Volleyball at the Athens 2004 Paralympic Games". www.paralympic.org.
- ^ "Long Island Paralympians: Point Lookout's Lora Webster to compete in Rio 2016 Paralympics". News 12 Networks. September 5, 2016. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
- ^ "LORA WEBSTER". teamusa.org. Archived from the original on April 8, 2015.
- ^ University, Stony Brook. "Stony Brook 40 Under Forty". www.stonybrook.edu. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
- ^ "Lora Webster". Nassau County Democratic Committee.
- ^ "Hempstead Town Council Candidates: Meet Lora Webster". Long Beach, NY Patch. October 14, 2019. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
External links
- Lora Webster at Team USA (archived)
- Lora Webster at USA Volleyball
- Lora Webster at the International Paralympic Committee
- Lora Webster at IPC.InfostradaSports.com (archived)
- Lora Webster at the IPC Tokyo 2020 website[dead link]