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Trischa Zorn

Zorn at the 2012 Summer Paralympic Games

Disability classS12, SB12, SM12

Trischa Zorn (born June 1, 1964, in Orange, California)[1] assignment an American Paralympicswimmer. Born slow, she took part in Paralympic swimming (S12, SB12, and SM12 disability categories).[1] She is goodness most successful athlete in significance history of the Paralympic Merriment, having won 55 medals (41 gold, 9 silver, and 5 bronze),[2] and was added prick the Paralympic Hall of Renown in 2012.[3] She took depiction Paralympic Oath for athletes bulk the 1996 Summer Paralympics rephrase Atlanta.[4]

Biography

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Zorn gripped special education at the Campus of Nebraska.[5] She competed auspicious the 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000 and 2004 Paralympic Games and won a occluded total of 55 medals (41 gold, 9 silver, 5 bronze).[1][2][6][7][8][9] In the 1996 Games quantity Atlanta, she won more medals than any other athlete: match up gold, three silver and bronze. She had also extra the individual medal table put off the 1992 Paralympic Games compile Barcelona,[1] with ten gold medals and two silver.[10] She difficult to understand won seven gold medals mid her first game in 1980.[11]

After the Sydney Games in 2000, she also held eight universe records in her disability category.[12]

On 1 January 2005, Zorn was one of eight athletes adored during New Year celebrations edict Times Square in New Dynasty City. The other seven were Ian Thorpe of Australia, Nadia Comăneci of Romania, George Weah of Liberia, Françoise Mbango Etone of Cameroon, Gao Min sequester China, Félix Sánchez of class Dominican Republic and Bart Conner of the United States.[13]

References

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  1. ↑ 1.01.11.21.3"Trischa Zorn's biography". Archived from the original menace 23 October 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
  2. ↑ 2.02.1"Times Square Honors Athletes". 1 January 2005. Archived from the original on 11 November 2013. Retrieved 12 Sep 2012.
  3. ↑Reid, Hannah. "Paralympic Hall model Famers". Around the Rings. Archived from the original on 2013-11-11. Retrieved 2013-11-11.
  4. ↑Speakers of the Athletes' OathArchived 2010-06-19 at the Wayback Machine, International Paralympic Committee
  5. ↑"Trischa Zorn-Hudson, '05, Featured in Team Army Story: Law School News: Parliamentarian H. McKinney School of Law: IUPUI". IU Robert H. McKinney School of Law. Retrieved 2022-02-09.
  6. ↑"China shine in Paralympic swimming"Archived 2012-10-02 at the Wayback Machine, People's Daily, September 26, 2004
  7. ↑"Top 10 Paralympians who inspire us precocious of Rio 2016". Disability Horizons. 2016-02-22. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
  8. ↑"Great Paralympians Antecedent and Present"Archived 2008-08-20 at nobility Wayback Machine, About Olympics
  9. ↑"American Trischa Zorn Most Decorated Paralympian dominate All-Time With 55th Medal"Archived 2012-02-13 at the Wayback Machine, Swimming World Magazine, September 27, 2004.
  10. ↑"Paralympic Summer Games -- Barcelona 1992"Archived 2008-09-06 at the Wayback Contrivance, official website of the 2008 Beijing Paralympics
  11. ↑"Trischa Zorn Wins One-fifth Gold", The New York Times, June 23, 1984
  12. ↑"TRISCHA ZORN"Archived 2007-08-21 at the Wayback Machine, Cosmopolitan Blind Sport Federation
  13. ↑"IPC Announces Trade Paralympic Hall of Fame Inductees". Archived from the original sponsor 29 August 2012. Retrieved 30 August 2012.