Bethany Zummo

Bethany Zummo (born February 15, 1993, in Dublin, California)[1] is an American sitting volleyball player. She is a member of the United States women's national sitting volleyball team. She won with the team the gold medal at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.[2][3] She also won with the team the 2015 Parapan American Games and 2019 Parapan American Games.[4]

Bethany Zummo
Personal information
NationalityAmerican
BornFebruary 15, 1993 (1993-02-15) (age 30)
Dublin, California, U.S.
Honours
Women's sitting volleyball
Representing  United States
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio Team competition
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Team competition

Zummo studied at Dublin High School.[5] She played for University of Central Oklahoma.[5] In 2020, she sewed masks and donated them.[6]

References
  1. "Sitting Volleyball - ZUMMO Bethany - Tokyo 2020 Paralympics". Tokyo2020.org. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on September 24, 2021. Retrieved August 27, 2021.
  2. "Bethany Zummo - Sitting Volleyball - Paralympic Athlete Profile". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
  3. "U.S. Paralympian Bethany Zummo on being a team player". www.nays.org. Retrieved July 10, 2021.
  4. "USA Volleyball Selects Parapan Am Games Rosters". USA VOLLEYBALL. July 17, 2019.
  5. "BETHANY ZUMMO". teamusa.org. Archived from the original on November 7, 2014.
  6. "Bethany Zummo: Pandemic, passion, purpose > World ParaVolley". World ParaVolley. April 15, 2020. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
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