Miranda Uhl Explained

Miranda Uhl
Strokes:Individual medley, butterfly, freestyle, backstroke
Club:Gator Swim Club
Birth Date:15 October 1992
Birth Place:Gainesville, Florida, United States
Height:[1]

Miranda Uhl (born October 15, 1992) is an American Paralympic swimmer. She won a gold medal at the 2008 Summer Paralympics. At the Parapan American Games, Uhl won six gold medals and three silver medals.

Born with achondroplasia, Uhl began to swim competitively at ten years old. She competed in the 2007 Parapan Games, where she won 8 medals.

Personal life

Uhl was born to Deanna and Alan Uhl on October 15, 1992.[2] [3] A day after being born, Uhl was determined to have achondroplasia,[2] restricting the growth of her limbs.[4] She has a younger sister.[2] When she was ten years old, Uhl started swimming competitively. She joined the Dwarf Athletic Association of America (DAAA) and started preparing for the Paralympics.[3]

At twelve years old, she joined the Gator Swim Club with Jennifer Davis as her coach.[5] When she was fifteen years old, Uhl started having excruciating pain in her back and knees.[5] Her coach, Jennifer Davis, convinced her to postpone surgery to straighten her spine.[5] The surgery would have prevented Uhl from competing in the 2008 Summer Paralympics, and Davis told her that anything could happen to her between the 2008 and 2012 Paralympics that might prevent her from competing in later Paralympics. According to Davis, "she's just an amazing swimmer — if she were normal size she'd be one of the best in the world, easily — and I would hate to see her lose an opportunity like this."[5] Miranda Uhl swam two hours a day, six days a week.[6]

In middle school, Uhl attended St. Patrick's Catholic School in Gainesville, Florida.[6] She attended St. Francis High School, which is also in Gainesville, Florida.[7] Her hometown is in Alachua, Florida.[8] She attended Florida Atlantic University, where she joined the swim team and was a biology–pre-medical major.[1]

Swimming career

Miranda Uhl competed on the 2007 U.S. Parapan American swimming team.[9] She won eight medals at the Parapan Games,[10] five were gold and three were silver.[3] [11] In the 2008 Summer Paralympics, Miranda Uhl won a gold medal in the 200-meter individual medley.[12] She broke the world record in that competition with a 3:13.05 finish.[13] [14]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Don't sell her short . King, Chuck . FAUOwlAccess . 2011-11-07 . 2012-12-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121215175345/http://www.fauowlaccess.com/articles/311/dont-sell-fau-swimmer-miranda-uhl-short.aspx . 2012-12-15 . dead .
  2. News: Kirkland . Gary . 2003-09-06 . She's short in stature, long on accomplishment . . 2019-07-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190728010128/https://www.gainesville.com/article/LK/20030906/News/604162826/GS/ . 2019-07-28 .
  3. Web site: Miranda Uhl . 2008-09-12 . Paralympics . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080825002026/http://paralympics.teamusa.org/athlete/athlete/1991 . 2008-08-25 .
  4. News: Craig . Cox . Going for gold: Local girl leaves her mark in history . . 2008-09-11 . 2008-09-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080918065842/http://news.mywebpal.com/news_tool_v2.cfm?show=localnews&pnpID=956&NewsID=924751&CategoryID=15105&on=1 . 2008-09-18 . dead .
  5. News: Karl . Hyppolite . American Uhl stands tall in pool . . 2008-09-06 . 2008-09-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080920045243/http://www.gainesville.com/article/20080906/NEWS/809060286/1109/sports&title=American_Uhl_stands_tall_in_pool . 2008-09-20 . dead .
  6. News: Adam . Bornstein . Paralympic hopeful is making a splash . . 2007-04-10 . 2008-09-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110615051704/http://www.gainesville.com/article/20070410/ENTERTAINMENT06/704100354 . 2011-06-15 . dead .
  7. Web site: 2008-2009 Athletic Accomplishments: Swimming . 2009 . . 4 . PDF . 2010-03-21 . https://www.webcitation.org/5oPLnxzgz?url=http://www.sfchs.org/Docs/development/annualreport0809.pdf . 2010-03-22 . dead .
  8. News: Craig . Cox . Girl to represent Alachua, U.S. at Paralympics in China . . 2008-08-14 . 2008-09-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110611182338/http://news.mywebpal.com/news_tool_v2.cfm?pnpID=956&NewsID=921171&CategoryID=15106&show=localnews&om=0 . 2011-06-11 . dead .
  9. Web site: Athletes Nominated for 2007 U.S. Parapan American Swimming Team . 2008-09-12 . . 2007-03-26 .
  10. News: Ann . Bleiker . Swimming: U.S. Swim team wraps up competition with 57 medals at Parapan Am Games . https://archive.today/20070607232215/http://www.usolympicteam.us/11961_53366.htm . dead . 2007-06-07 . . 2007-08-21 . 2008-09-12 .
  11. News: Britain Celebrates Successful World Cup . Women Sport Report . 2008-05-11 . 2008-09-12 .
  12. News: World and Paralympic records flood the Water Cube . . 2008-09-07 . 2008-09-12 .
  13. News: Uhl wins gold after setting world mark . . 2008-09-07 . 2008-09-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110615051817/http://www.gainesville.com/article/20080907/NEWS/809089982&title=Uhl_wins_gold_after_setting_world_mark . 2011-06-15 . dead .
  14. News: Alan . Schwarz . Gold for a Swimmer Who Gets Faster as He Goes . . 2008-09-07 . 2008-09-13 .

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