1. Rebecca Meyers was born on November 20,1994 and is an American Paralympic swimmer.
12 Facts About Rebecca Meyers
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Rebecca Meyers won three gold and one silver medals in Rio 2016.
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Rebecca Meyers was a member of the 2012 Paralympic Team, and won a silver and bronze in London.
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Rebecca Meyers has competed at the 2009 Summer Deaflympics which was held in Taiwan, which is her only appearance at the Deaflympics.
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Rebecca Meyers clinched a bronze medal in the freestyle relay event in the 2009 Summer Deaflympics.
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Rebecca Meyers is losing her vision to a disease called retinitis pigmentosa, and has a Seeing Eye dog named Birdie, who helps her navigate the world.
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In 2015 and 2017, Rebecca Meyers received a Best Female Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award.
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Rebecca Meyers won gold in record time at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.
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Rebecca Meyers grew up in Baltimore, attended Notre Dame Prep and went on to graduate from Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania where she studied history with a concentration in Disability Studies.
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Rebecca Meyers was a club swimmer with Loyola Blakefield Aquatics for eleven years.
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Rebecca Meyers holds multiple world records in the S13 and S12 classes.
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On July 20,2021, Rebecca Meyers withdrew from the Paralympics after being denied her request for a personal care assistant due to reduced allocation of staff members amid the COVID-19 pandemic.