American goalball player
Marybai Huking (born November 11, 1996) is an American goalball player who won a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Paralympics .[ 5] She was adopted from China when she was two years old, and raised in Salt Lake City .[ 1]
Early life
Born on 11 November 1996 with albinism and classified as legally blind.[ 1] [ 6] [ 2]
Career
In 2010, Utah Foundation for the Blind and Visually Impaired introduced Marybai to goalball.[ 7]
At the 2020 Summer Games, she made 101 blocks in 72 minutes of her duration of playing. She is also a two-time Paralympic medalist, winning bronze in Rio and silver in Tokyo.[ 8]
References
^ a b c "Marybai Huking" . Team USA . Archived from the original on January 1, 2016. Retrieved January 22, 2020 .
^ a b "Rio-Bound: Marybai Huking – Women's Goalball - United States Association of Blind Athletes" . Retrieved January 23, 2020 .
^ a b "Marybai Huking" . International Paralympic Committee . Retrieved January 28, 2020 .[dead link ]
^ "Goalball Women Quarterfinal Start List" (PDF) . 2016 Summer Paralympics . September 14, 2016. Retrieved January 25, 2020 .
^ Jones, Brookelyn (January 30, 2017). "Marybai Huking: Bronze medalist" . Pack News (Fremont High School ) . Retrieved January 22, 2020 .
^ Staff, MAKENZIE KOCH/Standard-Examiner. "Fremont High alum Marybai Huking wins bronze in goalball at Rio Paralympics" . Standard-Examiner . Retrieved January 23, 2020 .
^ Dominy, Lucy (August 18, 2021). "Tokyo 2020: Huking swaps ice for goalball" . IBSA International Blind Sports Federation . Retrieved June 12, 2024 .
^ "Marybai Huking" . Utah Sports Commission . March 3, 2022. Retrieved June 12, 2024 .
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