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Kaleo Kanahele
Personal information
Full nameKaleo Okalani Kanahele
NationalityAmerican
Born (1996-06-11) June 11, 1996 (age 28)
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.
HometownOklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.
Height5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Medal record
Women's sitting volleyball
Representing  United States
Paralympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2012 London Team
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2010 Edmond, Oklahoma Team
Parapan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Toronto, Canada Team
Parapan American Championship
Gold medal – first place 2010 Denver, Colorado Team
Parapan American Zonal Championships
Gold medal – first place 2011 Sao Paulo, Brazil Team
ECVD Continental Cup
Gold medal – first place 2011 Yevpatoria, Ukraine Team
Volleyball Masters
Gold medal – first place 2012 Leersum, Netherlands Team

Kaleo Okalani Kanahele (born June 11, 1996) is an American Paralympic volleyballist.

Early life

Kanahele was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma with clubbed left foot. When she turned 9 months old her surgeon performed tenotomy, but it didn't yield anything positive. Since that time her leg was shorter than the other with a small calf muscle that is not very flexible. She started playing basketball at the age of 7 and a year later started softball. In softball, she granted first baseman position for Oklahoma Reign. By age 9 she started playing volleyball and at age 10 played it for Oklahoma Peak Performance. Due to her, the team took 42nd place in the USA Volleyball Girls’ Junior National championships. In 2009, the same team took 18th place. In her spare time Kanahele likes to listen to Kings of Leon music group.[1]

Career

She started competing in sitting volleyball, a sport in the Paralympic Games, in 2010 where she won a gold medal for her participation at Parapan American Championship which was held in Colorado and a silver one for a WOVD Championship. In 2011 and 2012 respectively she won three gold medals at ECVD Continental Cup, Parapan American Zonal Championship, and Volleyball Masters. She also got 2nd silver medal for her participation at 2012 Paralympic Games, her first Paralympic Games, in London.[1]

In June 2014 she competed at the World Championships in Elblag, Poland at which she and Nicky Nieves each scored 7 points in a match against China. The Team USA scored 23-25, 25-22, 19-25, 25-21, 17-15 as overall victory.[2]

She was part of the USA team which won the gold at 2015 Parapan American Games in Toronto, Canada.[3][4][5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Kaleo Kanahele". Team USA. United States Olympic Committee. Retrieved July 7, 2013.
  2. ^ Bill Kauffman (June 21, 2014). "U.S. Women Take Silver at Sitting Worlds". Team USA. Retrieved January 25, 2015.
  3. ^ Kauffman, Bill (August 14, 2015). "U.S. Women's Sitting Team Golden at Parapan". Team USA. Retrieved October 3, 2015.
  4. ^ "Sitting Volleyball - Event Overview - Women: Ranks and Medals". 2015 Parapan American Games. Retrieved October 3, 2015.
  5. ^ "Sitting Volleyball - Event Overview - Women: Athletes". 2015 Parapan American Games. Retrieved October 3, 2015.
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