Heather Erickson
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| Full name | Heather Nicole Erickson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | May 9, 1993 (age 33) Eureka, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hometown | Fayetteville, North Carolina, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Heather Nicole Erickson (born May 9, 1993)[1] is an American Paralympic sitting volleyball player.
Early life
[edit | edit source]Erickson was born in Eureka, California with a bone that prevented her leg from fully developing. In 2002, after 18 failed surgeries, her parents decided to have her right leg amputated. She received a prosthetic leg a month later. In 2011, she graduated from Jack Britt High School in Fayetteville, North Carolina.[2]
Career
[edit | edit source]She started competing for Paralympic Games in 2007 where she won a silver medal for her participation at Sitting Volleyball Invitational. In 2008, she participated at World Organization Volleyball for Disabled where she won bronze medal and the same year got another silver one for her participation at 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing, China. In 2010, Erickson won gold medal at Parapan American Championship which was held in Colorado and the same year got another gold and silver ones for a WOVD Championship and World Cup. In 2011 and 2012 respectively she won three gold medals at ECVD Continental Cup, Parapan American Zonal Championship, and Volleyball Masters. She also got 4th silver medal for her participation at 2012 Paralympic Games in London.[2]
Erickson was a member of the USA Paralympic women's volleyball team which won the gold medal at the 2015 Parapan American Games in Toronto,[3][4][5] at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro,[6] and at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo.[7]
Personal life and interests
[edit | edit source]Erickson likes to listen to such singers as Maroon 5 and Blake Shelton. She also enjoys watching such films as Game Plan, Gridiron Gang and August Rush. She likes to watch TV shows as well such as House, and WWE Raw. Her other hobbies are reading Nicholas Sparks books, and playing volleyball.[2]
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Heather Erickson at the International Paralympic Committee
- Heather Erickson at IPC.InfostradaSports.com (archived)Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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- 1993 births
- Living people
- American sitting volleyball players
- Women's sitting volleyball players
- Paralympic volleyball players for the United States
- Paralympic gold medalists for the United States
- Paralympic silver medalists for the United States
- Paralympic medalists in volleyball
- Volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Volleyball players at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Volleyball players at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Volleyball players at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Volleyball players at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
- Parapan American Games gold medalists for the United States
- Parapan American Games medalists in sitting volleyball
- Medalists at the 2015 Parapan American Games
- Medalists at the 2019 Parapan American Games
- Sportspeople from Eureka, California