Emmy Kaiser
 Kaiser at the 2009 US Open | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country (sports) |  United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | May 16, 1990 Cincinnati, Ohio | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 0 in (1.52 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Emmy Kaiser (born May 16, 1990) is an American wheelchair tennis player.
Biography
Kaiser was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. She is a 2011 Parapan American Games gold medalist for doubles wheelchair tennis and silver medalist for singles. She resides at Fort Mitchell, Kentucky and is living with spina bifida.[1] She also have bachelor's degree in psychology and is currently attending Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana for a degree in exercise and sport psychology in which she got enrolled right after the 2012 Summer Paralympics. Her passion for such career persuasion started at the age of 14 when she met sports psychologist during a training session at the U.S. Paralympic Junior National team.[2] Her tennis passion was inspired after she saw a tennis player named Esther Vergeer.[3] In 2012 she was defeated by Lucy Shuker of Great Britain with 6-0, 6-2 loss in London Paralympic Games.[4] In 2014 she lost to Jordanne Whiley with the score being 6-2 twice.[5]
References
- ^ "Fort Mitchell (KY) woman in wheelchair tennis World Cup". Faces of Spina bifida. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help); Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Emmy Kaiser". Team USA. United States Paralympic Committee. September 1, 2012. Retrieved July 14, 2013.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Chris Oddo. "Emmy Kaiser: America's top-ranked female wheelchair player has her sights set on the 2012 London Paralympic games" (PDF).
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Paralympics 2012: Quad pairing reach wheelchair tennis finals". The Guardian. September 3, 2012. Archived from the original on October 7, 2014. Retrieved July 14, 2013.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "More success for Jordanne Whiley". Halesowen News. March 27, 2014. Archived from the original on April 24, 2014. Retrieved April 24, 2014.
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