Tyler Merren
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| Born | 29 May 1984 Allegan, Michigan, United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 193 lb (88 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Goalball | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability | Retinitis pigmentosa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Tyler Merren (born 29 May 1984) is an American goalball player. His visual impairment is caused by retinitis pigmentosa. He attended Wayland High School and went to Western Michigan University to study exercise science.[1][2]
His wife Leanne is also blind.[3] He competed for the bronze-medalist US team in Goalball at the 2004 Summer Paralympics.[4] He also competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics and the 2016 Summer Paralympics.[5]
References
- ^ Lauren J. Lieberman; Paul E. Ponchillia; Susan Kay Vlahas Ponchillia (1 October 2012). Physical Education and Sports for People with Visual Impairments and Deafblindness: Foundations of Instruction. American Foundation for the Blind. p. 274. ISBN 978-0-89128-454-3.
- ^ "TeamUSA Profile - Tyler Merren". teamusa.org. 19 March 2019.
- ^ Sun-Sentinel, South Florida. "Local blind athlete Merren to create South Florida goalball team". Retrieved 16 September 2016.
- ^ "WMU News - U.S. goalball teams bring home silver and bronze". Retrieved 16 September 2016.
- ^ Rio2016 page Archived 2015-01-25 at the Wayback Machine
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- 1984 births
- Male goalball players
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- Goalball players at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
- Goalball players at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Goalball players at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic silver medalists for the United States
- Paralympic bronze medalists for the United States
- Western Michigan University alumni
- Living people
- Paralympic medalists in goalball
- American Paralympic medalist stubs