Tyler Bennett

Tyler Bennett
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-06-27) June 27, 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Akron, Ohio
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Medal record
Athletics
American championships
Silver medal – second place 2010 FIBA Americas Championship Men's 7-a-side football
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio Men's 7-a-side football

Tyler Bennett (born June 27, 1992[1]) is an American Paralympic footballer from Akron, Ohio[2] who won a silver medal in 2010 at the 2010 FIBA Americas Championship[1] and gold medal at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.[3] He used to attend University of Akron[4] and as of 2017 he began attending Clemson University where he joined its soccer program.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Tyler Bennett". Team USA. United States Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on February 28, 2014. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
  2. ^ "Tyler Bennett". US Soccer. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
  3. ^ "UA's Tyler Bennett reaching for the gold at 2016 Paralympic Games". University of Akron. September 6, 2016. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
  4. ^ Brian Burnsed (October 18, 2017). "A New Goal To Shoot For". NCAA. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
  5. ^ Michael Staton (November 21, 2017). "Clemson soccer residency program welcomes Paralympic athletes as its first students". Retrieved April 19, 2018.


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