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Nichole Millage
Nichole at the 2010 World Championships in Edmond, OK.
Personal information
Full nameNichole Ann Millage
NationalityAmerican
Born (1977-03-27) March 27, 1977 (age 47)
Champaign, Illinois, U.S.
HometownChampaign, Illinois, U.S.
Height5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Medal record
Women's sitting volleyball
Representing  United States
Paralympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2008 Beijing Team
Silver medal – second place 2012 London Team
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Team
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2010 Edmond, Oklahoma Team
Silver medal – second place 2014 Elblag, Poland Team
Silver medal – second place 2018 Arnhem, Netherlands Team
WOVD Intercontinental Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Ismailia, Egypt Team
WOVD World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2010 Port Said, Egypt Team
Parapan American Zonal Championships
Gold medal – first place 2009 Denver, Colorado Team
Gold medal – first place 2010 Denver, Colorado Team
Gold medal – first place 2011 Sao Paulo, Brazil Team
Gold medal – first place 2013 Edmond, Oklahoma Team
Gold medal – first place 2017 Montreal, Canada Team
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lima, Peru Team
Sitting Volleyball Invitational
Silver medal – second place 2007 Shanghai, China Team
Euro Cup
Gold medal – first place 2009 Roermond, Netherlands Team
ECVD Continental Cup
Gold medal – first place 2011 Yevpatoria, Ukraine Team
Volleyball Masters
Gold medal – first place 2012 Leersum, Netherlands Team
Moscow Open Cup
Gold medal – first place 2013 Moscow, Russia Team
Parapan American Championship
Gold medal – first place 2015 Toronto, Canada Team
Intercontinental Cup
Gold medal – first place 2016 Anji, China Team
World Super 6
Gold medal – first place 2019 Tokyo, Japan Team

Nichole Ann Millage (born March 27, 1977) is a former American Paralympic volleyballist (she retired in 2021 after the Tokyo Paralympics) and an Environmental Sustainability Specialist at the City of Champaign.

Early life

Millage was born in Champaign, Illinois in 1977. In 1995, she graduated from Centennial High School in Champaign. She played volleyball (middle hitter) and fast pitch softball (pitcher) throughout high school. In 2009, she earned a business degree from the University of Central Oklahoma. In 2012, she earned her master's degree in Business Administration from the University of Central Oklahoma. Before joining the sitting volleyball team, she worked as a legal secretary at Fischer & Wozniak, P.C. in Urbana, Illinois. She lost her left leg below the knee at the age of 21 in a boating accident at Clinton Lake in Clinton, Illinois. She also sustained injuries to her left hand.[1]

Career

She joined the U.S.A. National Sitting Volleyball team in March 2005. In 2006, she competed in the World Championships for sitting volleyball in Roermond, Netherlands, where her team placed 5th. In 2007, she competed in the Sitting Volleyball Invitational in Shanghai, China where Team USA won silver. In 2008, she participated in the World Organization Volleyball for Disabled in Ismailia, Egypt where her team won a bronze medal and the same year won a silver medal for her participation in the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing, China. In 2009, Millage won a gold medal in the Parapan American Zonal Championships which was held in Colorado and the same year won a gold medal at the Eurocup in Roermond, Netherlands.

Millage won a gold medal in 2010 the Parapan American Championships in Denver, Colorado and the same year won a gold medal at the WOVD Championships in Port Said, Egypt. Then in July 2010, Team USA won a silver medal at the World Championships which took place in Edmond, Oklahoma. In 2011 and 2012, respectively, she won three gold medals at the ECVD Continental Cup in Yevpatoria, Ukraine; Parapan American Zonal Championship in São Paulo, Brazil; and Sitting Volleyball Masters Tournament in Leersum, Netherlands. She also earned a silver medal for her participation in the 2012 Paralympic Games in London.[1]

In 2013, Millage, along with Team USA, won the gold medal at both the Moscow Open Cup[2] in August and the ParaVolley PanAmerican Zone Championships held in Edmond, Oklahoma in October. Team USA competed at the World Championships in Elblag, Poland in June 2014. Millage and Team USA won silver and had their closest finish ever against China in an international tournament, 23–25, 25–22, 19–25, 25–21, 17–15.[3]

She was part of the USA team which won the gold at 2015 Parapan American Games in Toronto, Canada.;[4][5][6] gold in the Intercontinental Cup in Anji, China in March 2016; gold at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; gold at the ParaVolley PanAmerican Zonal Championships in Montreal, Canada; silver at World Championship in Arnhem, Netherlands; gold at 2019 Parapan American Games in Lima, Peru; and gold at World Super 6 in Tokyo, Japan. She topped off her 16 1/2 year sitting volleyball career with a gold medal at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo.

Personal life

Since 2013, Millage has worked at the City of Champaign as an Environmental Sustainability Specialist. She manages the city's recycling programs. [citation needed]

References

  1. ^ a b "Nichole Millage". Team USA. United States Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on April 25, 2012. Retrieved July 7, 2013.
  2. ^ "UCO-based U.S. Women's sitting volleyball team sweeps China for gold at Moscow Cup Tournament". Edmond Sun. August 20, 2013. Retrieved January 24, 2015.
  3. ^ Bill Kauffman (June 21, 2014). "U.S. Women Take Silver at Sitting Worlds". Team USA. Archived from the original on July 5, 2014. Retrieved January 24, 2015.
  4. ^ Kauffman, Bill (August 14, 2015). "U.S. Women's Sitting Team Golden at Parapan". Team USA. Archived from the original on October 4, 2015. Retrieved October 3, 2015.
  5. ^ "Sitting Volleyball - Event Overview - Women: Ranks and Medals". 2015 Parapan American Games. Archived from the original on August 18, 2015. Retrieved October 3, 2015.
  6. ^ "Sitting Volleyball - Event Overview - Women: Athletes". 2015 Parapan American Games. Archived from the original on October 4, 2015. Retrieved October 3, 2015.
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