Monique Burkland
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| Full name | Monique Marie Burkland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | American | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | August 11, 1989 Reno, Nevada, U.S | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hometown | Ardmore, Oklahoma, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Monique Marie Burkland (born August 11, 1989) is an American Paralympic volleyballist.
Early life
Burkland was born in Reno, Nevada. She graduated from Plainview High School in 2008 where she used to be all-state softball player. There, she also did track and basketball. While being employed on a summer job, she lost her leg in a forklift accident. Since then, she has joined the USA sitting volleyball team and trains at the University of Central Oklahoma.[1] On May 2, 2016 she married her husband of almost five years Landon Matthews in Oklahoma City.
Career
She started competing for Paralympic Games in 2010 where she won a silver medal for her participation at World Organization Volleyball for Disabled. In 2011 and 2012 respectively she won three gold medals at ECVD Continental Cup which was held in Yevpatoria, Ukraine, Parapan American Zonal Championship of São Paulo, Brazil and Volleyball Masters. She won a silver medal at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London,[1] and a gold medal at the 2016 Paralympic Games.[2] in Rio de Janeiro
She was part of the USA team which won the gold at 2015 Parapan American Games in Toronto, Canada.[3][4][5]
References
- ^ a b "Monique Burkland". Team USA. United States Olympic Committee. Retrieved July 7, 2013.
- ^ "Volleyball at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games". www.paralympic.org.
- ^ Kauffman, Bill (August 14, 2015). "U.S. Women's Sitting Team Golden at Parapan". Team USA. Retrieved October 3, 2015.
- ^ "Sitting Volleyball - Event Overview - Women: Ranks and Medals". 2015 Parapan American Games. Archived from the original on August 18, 2015. Retrieved October 3, 2015.
- ^ "Sitting Volleyball - Event Overview - Women: Athletes". 2015 Parapan American Games. Archived from the original on October 4, 2015. Retrieved October 3, 2015.
External links
- Monique Burkland at the International Paralympic Committee
- Monique Burkland at IPC.InfostradaSports.com (archived)
- Monique Burkland at Team USA (archived)
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- Paralympic silver medalists for the United States
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- Paralympic gold medalists for the United States
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
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- Paralympic medalists in volleyball
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