Allison Aldrich

Allison Aldrich
Allison Aldrich
Personal information
Full name	Allison Elizabeth Aldrich
Born	January 19, 1988 (age 36); Schuyler, Nebraska, U.S.
Hometown	Schuyler, Nebraska, U.S.
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Medal record
Women's sitting volleyball
Representing United States
Paralympic Games
World Championships
WOVD Intercontinental Cup
WOVD World Cup
Parapan American Zonal Championships
Parapan American Championship
Sitting Volleyball Invitational
Euro Cup
ECVD Continental Cup
Volleyball Masters

Allison Elizabeth Aldrich (born January 19, 1988)^[1] is an American Paralympic volleyballist.

Early life

Aldrich was born in Schuyler, Nebraska.^[2] In 1995, when she was only 7 years old^[3] she was diagnosed with sarcoma a cell cancer. Aldrich was featured in Omaha World-Herald article in 2004.^[4] In March 2004 she received an invitation to a sitting volleyball camp in Denver, where she was tried for Paralympics.^[5] She graduated from Schuyler Central High School in 2006 and from that year attends Nebraska Wesleyan University. She used to be a member of National Honor Society from which she won the Ron Gustafson Inspirational Award.^[2]

She got her first medal which was bronze in 2004 Paralympic Games which were held in Athens, Greece.^[6] In 2007, she won a silver medal for her participation in Sitting Volleyball Invitational. In 2008, she was awarded another silver medal in Paralympic Games in Beijing and the same year was given a bronze medal for participation at World Organization Volleyball for Disabled Intercontinental Cup. Gold medals for her started in 2009 when she won a Parapan American Zonal Championship and Paralympic EuroCup. 2010 brought her another silver medal for her participation in WOVD and another gold one for World Cup. The same year she participated and won at Parapan American Championship in Colorado where she earned another gold medal. In 2011, she was awarded with two more gold medals for her role in ECVD Continental Cup and for PAZC. At 2012 Paralympic Games she was awarded a silver medal and won gold for Volleyball Masters.^[2]

On occasion she travels to Shriners Hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota to get a prosthetists opinion on her leg health which she lost in a battle with cancer at University of Nebraska Medical Center.^[5] In her spare time she likes to watch The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants and Kobe Bryant. When it comes to sports she likes to watch Miami Dolphins and Los Angeles Lakers.^[2] She is also a Health Teacher at Walnut Middle School in Grand Island, Nebraska. She teaches safe sex, pregnancy, germs, cancer and many other health subjects.

^ "Allison Aldrich profile". Volleyball Magazine. Archived from the original on September 27, 2013. Retrieved September 25, 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Allison Aldrich". Team USA. United States Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on April 25, 2012. Retrieved July 6, 2013.
^ Cindy Lange-Kibick (August 16, 2012). "Allison goes for gold -- at 2012 Paralympics and life". Lincoln Journal Star. Retrieved July 7, 2013.
^ Stacy Wemhoff (August 15, 2012). "Aldrich heading to U.S. Paralympics for third time". Schuyler Sun. Retrieved July 7, 2013.
^ ^a ^b Mary Le Arneal (November 10, 2004). "Allison Aldrich has not let cancer slow her down. The Schuyler resident was a member of the U.S. Paralympic volleyball team". Fremont Tribune. Retrieved July 7, 2013.
^ "Volleyball at the Athens 2004 Paralympic Games". www.paralympic.org. Archived from the original on April 26, 2019. Retrieved April 26, 2019.