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Jen Armbruster

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Jen Armbruster
Medal record
Track and field (athletics)
Representing  United States
Paralympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Summer Paralympics Goalball at the 1996 Summer Paralympics
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Summer Paralympics Goalball at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Jennifer "Jen" Armbruster (born 1975 in Taipei) is an American goalball player. She is married to Jackie Bower and has a son and three other children.[1]

Jen Armbruster began losing her vision at 14, but continued to play in her school's basketball team when the progressed to the point of being legally blind. She later lost her vision completely and therefore did not join the military like her father. Instead she found success in goalball and played at the 1992 Summer Paralympics and several Paralympics since. She has won a gold medal.[2]

Rosters

Template:2012 Summer Paralympics United States women's goalball team roster Template:2016 Summer Paralympics United States women's goalball team roster

References

  1. ^ U.S. Paralympics (2012-08-03). "Oregon Live". Oregon Live. Retrieved 2013-12-04.
  2. ^ Portland Tribune