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Episode 18 - Nicky Nieves - Paralympian - Sitting Volleyball
Nicky Nieves was born in Queens, New York, and grew up in Kissimmee, Florida. She is a member of the Team USA Sitting volleyball team headed to Tokyo. She was born missing her left hand. She has been playing sitting volleyball at an elite level for over a decade and competing worldwide. She’s been to two world championships and won 2 silver medals. She’s a two-time Paralympian and won a gold medal at the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games. During the summer, she works at a camp called Nuability Athletics, teaching sports to children ages 5 to 18 with physical disabilities. She coaches volleyball and is the director and founder of Limitless People Inc., Nonprofit.
Sports Saved My Life is produced by Angel City Sports
Clayton Frech is the Executive Producer
Dave Pantano is the Producer and Editor
Mackenzie Soldan is in charge of Marketing
Tony Memmel wrote and performed the theme song
About Angel City Sports
Angel City Sports provides free, year-round adaptive sport clinics, equipment, and competitive opportunities for kids, adults, and veterans with physical disabilities or visual impairments. Angel City Sports’ flagship event, the annual Angel City Games presented by The Hartford, debuted in 2015 and is now the largest multi-sport Paralympic competition in the U.S. for kids, adults, and veterans. Participants include, but are not limited to, individuals with limb differences and amputation, spinal cord injury, quadriplegia, spina bifida, cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis, blindness or visual impairment, traumatic brain injury, stroke, muscular dystrophy, and dwarfism or short stature. Ultimately, Angel City Sports is working to create a community and sense of belonging for people with physical disabilities, supporting them to reach their full potential and unlock their dreams through its programming in sport, the arts, health and wellness, higher education, career opportunities, and personal development. To learn more, please visit http://www.angelcitysports.org and follow @angelcitysports on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Linked-in, and YouTube.
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Nicky Nieves was born in Queens, New York, and grew up in Kissimmee, Florida. She is a member of the Team USA Sitting volleyball team headed to Tokyo. She was born missing her left hand. She has been playing sitting volleyball at an elite level for over a decade and competing worldwide. She’s been to two world championships and won 2 silver medals. She’s a two-time Paralympian and won a gold medal at the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games. During the summer, she works at a camp called Nuability Athletics, teaching sports to children ages 5 to 18 with physical disabilities. She coaches volleyball and is the director and founder of Limitless People Inc., Nonprofit.
Sports Saved My Life is produced by Angel City Sports
Clayton Frech is the Executive Producer
Dave Pantano is the Producer and Editor
Mackenzie Soldan is in charge of Marketing
Tony Memmel wrote and performed the theme song
About Angel City Sports
Angel City Sports provides free, year-round adaptive sport clinics, equipment, and competitive opportunities for kids, adults, and veterans with physical disabilities or visual impairments. Angel City Sports’ flagship event, the annual Angel City Games presented by The Hartford, debuted in 2015 and is now the largest multi-sport Paralympic competition in the U.S. for kids, adults, and veterans. Participants include, but are not limited to, individuals with limb differences and amputation, spinal cord injury, quadriplegia, spina bifida, cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis, blindness or visual impairment, traumatic brain injury, stroke, muscular dystrophy, and dwarfism or short stature. Ultimately, Angel City Sports is working to create a community and sense of belonging for people with physical disabilities, supporting them to reach their full potential and unlock their dreams through its programming in sport, the arts, health and wellness, higher education, career opportunities, and personal development. To learn more, please visit http://www.angelcitysports.org and follow @angelcitysports on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Linked-in, and YouTube.