Marybai Huking Explained
Marybai Huking (born November 11, 1996) is an American goalball player who won a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.[4] She was adopted from China when she was two years old, and raised in Salt Lake City.[1]
Early life
Born on 11 November 1996 with albinism and classified as legally blind.[1] [5] [6]
Career
In 2010, Utah Foundation for the Blind and Visually Impaired introduced Marybai to goalball.[7]
At the 2020 Summer Games, she made 101 blocks in 72 minutes of her duration of playing. She is also a two-time Paralympic medalist, winning bronze in Rio and silver in Tokyo.[8]
Notes and References
- Web site: Marybai Huking . https://web.archive.org/web/20160101053318/http://www.teamusa.org/para-goalball/athletes/Marybai-Huking . dead . January 1, 2016 . . January 22, 2020.
- Web site: Marybai Huking . . January 28, 2020.
- Web site: Goalball Women Quarterfinal Start List . . September 14, 2016 . January 25, 2020.
- Web site: Marybai Huking: Bronze medalist . Jones . Brookelyn . January 30, 2017 . Pack News (Fremont High School) . January 22, 2020.
- Web site: Fremont High alum Marybai Huking wins bronze in goalball at Rio Paralympics . Staff . MAKENZIE KOCH/Standard-Examiner . Standard-Examiner . en . 2020-01-23.
- Web site: Rio-Bound: Marybai Huking – Women's Goalball - United States Association of Blind Athletes . en-US . 2020-01-23.
- Web site: Dominy . Lucy . 2021-08-18 . Tokyo 2020: Huking swaps ice for goalball . 2024-06-12 . IBSA International Blind Sports Federation . en-US.
- Web site: Marybai Huking . Utah Sports Commission . 3 Mar 2022 . 12 Jun 2024.
