United States at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

United States at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
Flag of the United States
IPC code	USA
NPC	United States Paralympic Committee
Website	www.teamusa.org/US-Paralympics
in Athens
Competitors	235 in 18[1] sports
Flag bearer	Kevin Szott (opening)[2] Trischa Zorn (closing)[3]
Medals Ranked 4th	Gold Silver Bronze Total 27 22 39 88
Summer Paralympics appearances
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The United States sent a delegation to compete at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. A total of 235 U.S. competitors took part in 18 sports; the only sport Americans did not compete in was soccer 5-a-side.^[1][2] The United States finished fourth in the gold and overall medal count, behind China, Great Britain and Canada.^[4][5]

Medalists

The following American athletes won medals at the games.^[6]

Medal Name Sport Event  Gold Andrews, DannyDanny Andrews Athletics Men's 400 m T44  Gold Andrews, DannyDanny Andrews Brian Frasure Raphew Reed Casey Tibbs Athletics Men's 4 x 100 m T42-46  Gold Andrews, DannyDanny Andrews Ryan Fann Brian Frasure Raphew Reed Athletics Men's 4 x 400 m T42-46  Gold Blauwet, CheriCheri Blauwet Athletics Women's 800 m T53  Gold Mitchell, RoyalRoyal Mitchell Athletics Men's 100 m T13  Gold Mitchell, RoyalRoyal Mitchell Athletics Men's 400 m T13  Gold Shirley, MarlonMarlon Shirley Athletics Men's 100 m T44  Gold Compton, KatieKatie Compton Karissa Whitsell Cycling Women's road race / time trial tandem B1-3  Gold Compton, KatieKatie Compton Karissa Whitsell Cycling Women's individual pursuit tandem B1-3  Gold Garcia-Tolson, RudyRudy Garcia-Tolson Swimming Men's 200 m individual medley SM7  Gold Crowley, KellyKelly Crowley Jessica Long Ashley Owens Erin Popovich Swimming Women's 4 x 100 m freestyle 34 pts  Gold Crowley, KellyKelly Crowley Erin Popovich Beth Riggle Mikhaila Rutherford Swimming Women's 4 x 100 m medley 34 pts  Gold Long, JessicaJessica Long Swimming Women's 100 m freestyle S8  Gold Long, JessicaJessica Long Swimming Women's 400 m freestyle S8  Gold Mohr, TravisTravis Mohr Swimming Men's 100 m backstroke S8  Gold Perry, JarrettJarrett Perry Swimming Men's 100 m backstroke S9  Gold Popovich, ErinErin Popovich Swimming Women's 100 m breaststroke SB7  Gold Popovich, ErinErin Popovich Swimming Women's 100 m freestyle S7  Gold Popovich, ErinErin Popovich Swimming Women's 200 m individual medley SM7  Gold Popovich, ErinErin Popovich Swimming Women's 50 m butterfly S7  Gold Popovich, ErinErin Popovich Swimming Women's 50 m freestyle S7  Gold Prout, MichaelMichael Prout Swimming Men's 400 m freestyle S9  Gold Rutherford, MikhailaMikhaila Rutherford Swimming Women's 100 m backstroke S10  Gold Rutherford, MikhailaMikhaila Rutherford Swimming Women's 200 m individual medley SM10  Gold Justin Zook Swimming Men's 100 m backstroke S10  Gold United States women's national wheelchair basketball team Patricia Cisneros   Teresa Lannon Janna Crawford   Christina Ripp Carlee Hoffman   Jana Stump Emily Hoskins   Renee Tyree Jennifer Howittt   Jennifer Warkins Susan Katz   Stephanie Wheeler Wheelchair basketball Women's tournament  Gold Taylor, NickNick Taylor David Wagner Wheelchair tennis Mixed doubles  Silver Bleakney, AdamAdam Bleakney Athletics Men's 800 m T53  Silver Cockrell, EdwinEdwin Cockrell Athletics Men's shot put F44/46  Silver Frasure, BrianBrian Frasure Athletics Men's 100 m T44  Silver Gillette, LexLex Gillette Athletics Men's long jump F11  Silver Macfadden, TatyanaTatyana McFadden Athletics Women's 100 m T54  Silver Shirley, MarlonMarlon Shirley Athletics Men's 200 m T44  Silver Skiba, JeffreyJeffrey Skiba Athletics Men's high jump F44/46  Silver Tibbs, CaseyCasey Tibbs Athletics Men's pentathlon P44  Silver Albor, AlejandroAlejandro Albor Cycling Men's handcycle road race HC div B/C  Silver Flacks, StuartStuart Flacks Cycling Men's tricycle road race CP div 1/2  Silver Compton, KatieKatie Compton Karissa Whitsell Cycling Women's 1 km time trial tandem B1-3  Silver Martin, PaulPaul Martin Daniel Nicholson Ron Williams Cycling Men's team sprint LC1-4/CP 3/4  Silver Seidemann, LynnLynn Seidemann Equestrian Mixed dressage freestyle grade I  Silver United States women's national goalball team Jen Armbruster Lisa Banta Nicole Buck Jessie Lorenz Asya Miller Robin Theryoung Goalball Women's tournament  Silver Pierce, LorenaLorena Pierce Judo Women's −70 kg  Silver Brown, ThomasThomas Brown Sailing Mixed single person 2.4mr  Silver Jordan, DanDan Jordan Shooting Men's free rifle 3 x 40 SH1  Silver Benn, MelanieMelanie Benn Swimming Women's 50 m freestyle S4  Silver Lovejoy, CurtisCurtis Lovejoy Swimming Men's 100 m freestyle S2  Silver Mohr, TravisTravis Mohr Swimming Men's 100 m breaststroke SB6  Silver Rutherford, MikhailaMikhaila Rutherford Swimming Women's 100 m breaststroke SB8  Silver Wagner, DavidDavid Wagner Wheelchair tennis Mixed singles  Bronze Cross, AaronAaron Cross Jeffrey Fabry Kevin Stone Archery Men's teams open  Bronze Fabry, JeffreyJeffrey Fabry Archery Men's individual W1  Bronze Blauwet, CheriCheri Blauwet Athletics Women's 5,000 m T54  Bronze Blauwet, CheriCheri Blauwet Athletics Women's marathon T54  Bronze Fann, RyanRyan Fann Athletics Men's 400 m T44  Bronze Frasure, BrianBrian Frasure Athletics Men's 200 m T44  Bronze George, JoshuaJoshua George Athletics Men's 100 m T53  Bronze George, JoshuaJoshua George Athletics Men's 400 m T53  Bronze Holmes, AprilApril Holmes Athletics Women's long jump F44/46  Bronze Kennedy, JillJill Kennedy Athletics Women's discus throw F40  Bronze Kennedy, JillJill Kennedy Athletics Women's javelin throw F40  Bronze Macfadden, TatyanaTatyana McFadden Athletics Women's 200 m T54  Bronze Shirley, MarlonMarlon Shirley Athletics Men's long jump F44  Bronze Williams, RonRon Williams Cycling Men's road race / time trial bicycle LC2  Bronze Compton, KatieKatie Compton Karissa Whitsell Cycling Women's sprint tandem B1-3  Bronze Martin, PaulPaul Martin Cycling Men's individual pursuit bicycle LC2  Bronze United States men's national goalball team Christopher Dodds Daniel Gallant Tyler Merren Donte Mickens John Mulhern, Jr. Edward Munro Goalball Men's tournament  Bronze Moore, StephenStephen Moore Judo Men's −73 kg  Bronze Szott, KevinKevin Szott Judo Men's −100 kg  Bronze Creignou, Jean PaulJean Paul Creignou Bradley Johnson John Ross Duggan Sailing Mixed three person sonar  Bronze Angelelli, CherylCheryl Angelelli Swimming Women's 200 m freestyle S4  Bronze Benn, MelanieMelanie Benn Swimming Women's 100 m freestyle S4  Bronze Angelelli, CherylCheryl Angelelli Melanie Benn Stephanie Brooks Casey Johnson Swimming Women's 4 x 50 m freestyle 20 pts  Bronze Butcher, JenniferJennifer Butcher Swimming Women's 100 m backstroke S13  Bronze Demarco, MichaelMichael Demarco Swimming Men's 50 m breaststroke SB2  Bronze Gruen, DeborahDeborah Gruen Swimming Women's 100 m breaststroke SB6  Bronze Haynie, CarlyCarly Haynie Swimming Women's 100 m breaststroke SB9  Bronze Lamback, LantzLantz Lamback Swimming Men's 100 m freestyle S7  Bronze Lamback, LantzLantz Lamback Swimming Men's 50 m freestyle S7  Bronze Lovejoy, CurtisCurtis Lovejoy Swimming Men's 50 m freestyle S2  Bronze Owens, AshleyAshley Owens Swimming Women's 400 m freestyle S10  Bronze Prout, MichaelMichael Prout Swimming Men's 100 m freestyle S9  Bronze Riggle, BethBeth Riggle Swimming Women's 100 m breaststroke SB8  Bronze Zook, JustinJustin Zook Swimming Men's 50 m freestyle S10  Bronze Zorn, TrischaTrischa Zorn Swimming Women's 100 m backstroke S12  Bronze Leibovitz, TahlTahl Leibovitz Table tennis Men's singles 9  Bronze United States women's national sitting volleyball team Allison Ahlfeldt   Brenda Maymon Allison Aldrich   Gina McWilliams Bonnie Brawner   Erica Moyers Lori Daniels   Penny Ricker Kendra Lancaster   Deborah Vosler Hope Lewellen   Lora Webster Volleyball Women's tournament  Bronze Rodgers, JohnJohn Rodgers Wheelchair fencing Men's épée individual B  Bronze United States national wheelchair rugby team Clifton Chunn   Bob Lujano Andy Cohn   Norm Lyduch Sam Gloor   Lynn Nelson Will Groulx   Brent Poppen Scott Hogsett   Wayne Romero Bryan Kirkland   Mark Zupan Wheelchair rugby Mixed tournament

Medals by sport Sport Total Archery 0 0 2 2 Track and field (athletics) 7 8 11 26 Cycling 2 4 3 9 Equestrian 0 1 0 1 Goalball 0 1 1 2 Judo 0 1 2 3 Sailing 0 1 1 2 Shooting 0 1 0 1 Swimming 16 4 15 35 Table tennis 0 0 1 1 Volleyball 0 0 1 1 Wheelchair basketball 1 0 0 1 Wheelchair fencing 0 0 1 1 Wheelchair rugby 0 0 1 1 Wheelchair tennis 1 1 0 2 Multiple medalists Name Sport Total Popovich, ErinErin Popovich Swimming 7 0 0 7 Rutherford, MikhailaMikhaila Rutherford Swimming 3 1 0 4 Andrews, DannyDanny Andrews Athletics 3 0 0 3 Long, JessicaJessica Long Swimming 3 0 0 3 Compton, KatieKatie Compton Cycling 2 1 1 4 Frasure, BrianBrian Frasure Athletics 2 1 1 4 Whitsell, KarissaKarissa Whitsell Cycling 2 1 1 4 Crowley, KellyKelly Crowley Swimming 2 0 0 2 Mitchell, RoyalRoyal Mitchell Athletics 2 0 0 2 Reed, RaphewRaphew Reed Athletics 2 0 0 2 Shirley, MarlonMarlon Shirley Athletics 1 1 1 3 Mohr, TravisTravis Mohr Swimming 1 1 0 2 Tibbs, CaseyCasey Tibbs Athletics 1 1 0 2 Wagner, DavidDavid Wagner Wheelchair tennis 1 1 0 2 Blauwet, CheriCheri Blauwet Athletics 1 0 2 3 Fann, RyanRyan Fann Athletics 1 0 1 2 Owens, AshleyAshley Owens Swimming 1 0 1 2 Riggle, BethBeth Riggle Swimming 1 0 1 2 Prout, MichaelMichael Prout Swimming 1 0 1 2 Zook, JustinJustin Zook Swimming 1 0 1 2 Benn, MelanieMelanie Benn Swimming 0 1 2 3 McFadden, TatyanaTatyana McFadden Athletics 0 1 1 2 Martin, PaulPaul Martin Cycling 0 1 1 2 Williams, RonRon Williams Cycling 0 1 1 2 Lovejoy, CurtisCurtis Lovejoy Swimming 0 1 1 2 Fabry, JeffreyJeffrey Fabry Archery 0 0 2 2 George, JoshuaJoshua George Athletics 0 0 2 2 Kennedy, JillJill Kennedy Athletics 0 0 2 2 Angelelli, CherylCheryl Angelelli Swimming 0 0 2 2 Lamback, LantzLantz Lamback Swimming 0 0 2 2

See also

• United States at the 2004 Summer Olympics

References

1. "2004 Athens". International Paralympic Committee. 2004. Retrieved 2009-07-24.
2. O'Connell, Carla (2004-09-17). "Games to Begin for 2004 U.S. Paralympic Team". United States Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2009-07-24.
3. O'Connell, Carla (2004). "Trischa Zorn Elected U.S. Flagbearer for Closing Ceremony". United States Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2009-07-24.
4. "Medal Standings ATHENS 2004 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. 2004. Retrieved 2009-07-24.
5. "2008 U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Teams to Make Traditional White House Visit on October 7". U.S. Paralympics. 2008-10-06. Retrieved 2008-11-27.
6. United States at the 2004 Athens Paralympics on paralympic.org

External links

• International Paralympic Committee Official Website
• United States Paralympic Committee Official Website