Lora Webster

Lora Jessica Webster (born August 26, 1986)[1] is an American Paralympic volleyballist. She won a 2018 Theresa Award.[2]

Lora Webster
Personal information
Full name	Lora Jessica Webster
Nationality	American
Born	August 26, 1986 (1986-08-26) (age 33) Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.
Hometown	Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Medal record Women's sitting volleyball Representing  United States Paralympic Games 2004 Athens Team {{{2}}} 2008 Beijing Team 2012 London Team Parapan American Games 2003 Mar del Plata Team Sitting Volleyball World Championship 2006 Netherlands Team Sitting Volleyball Invitational 2007 Shanghai, China Team WOVD Intercontinental Cup 2008 Ismailia, Egypt Team Parapan American Zonal Championships 2009 Denver, Colorado Team Euro Cup 2009 Roermond, Netherlands Team Parapan American Championship 2010 Denver, Colorado Team WOVD World Cup 2010 Port Said, Egypt Team Volleyball Masters 2012 Leersum, Netherlands Team

Early life

Webster was born in Phoenix, Arizona. By the time she turned 11 she was diagnosed with osteosarcoma in her left tibia. She underwent a rotationplasty procedure to remove the cancerous bone, and lost her knee that way. In 1998 she got prosthetic leg.[3] In 2004, she graduated from Cactus Shadows High School in Cave Creek, Arizona with Gene Autry Courage Award which she shared with Lynn Swan.[4] While she was in high school she competed in track and diving at Lincoln East High School in Lincoln, Nebraska.[3]

Career

In 2003, she won a gold medal in Parapan American Games and in 2004 participated in 2004 Paralympic Games, where she won a bronze medal.[5] She won a silver medal for her participation at 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing, China. The same year she got a bronze medal for her participation at World Organization Volleyball for Disabled where she also won an Intercontinental Cup. She also got two gold medals in 2009, one for Parapan American Zonal Championship and another for EuroCup.[3] In 2016, she competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.[6] At the 2016 Rio Games she won a Gold Medal. At the 2018 World ParaVolley World Championships, she won a silver medal.[7]

Personal life

Webster married Paul Bargellini in 2010. Together they have a daughter and two sons. In the February 2006 issue of Cosmopolitan magazine, she was named Cosmo's first Fun Fearless Female Reader and also won a prize of $10,000. She studied broadcasting at the University of Central Oklahoma.[3] In 2017, she graduated from Stony Brook University.[8]

In 2019, Webster announced her candidacy for Town of Hempstead Town Council as Democrat.[9][10]

References

1. "Lora Webster profile". Volleyball Magazine. Archived from the original on September 19, 2010. Retrieved September 25, 2013.
2. "Meet Lora Webster, Recipient of the 2018 Theresa Award - Theresa Foundation | New York". Theresa Foundation. 2018-04-18. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
3. "Lora Webster". Team USA. United States Olympic Committee. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
4. "Local Paralympian Honored with Prestigious Award". Archived from the original on March 16, 2014. Retrieved March 15, 2014.
5. "Volleyball at the Athens 2004 Paralympic Games". www.paralympic.org.
6. "Long Island Paralympians: Point Lookout's Lora Webster to compete in Rio 2016 Paralympics". News 12 Networks. September 5, 2016. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
7. "LORA WEBSTER". teamusa.org.
8. University, Stony Brook. "Stony Brook 40 Under Forty". www.stonybrook.edu. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
9. "Lora Webster". Nassau County Democratic Committee.
10. "Hempstead Town Council Candidates: Meet Lora Webster". Long Beach, NY Patch. 2019-10-14. Retrieved 2020-06-23.

External links

• Results for Lora Webster from the International Paralympic Committee (archived)
• Lora Webster at the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee