Quad Rugby/Story - 2004 Paralympic Rugby Team Announced

UNITED STATES QUAD RUGBY ASSOCIATION

February 2004

Twelve US Wheelchair Rugby Athletes Nominated to Compete in Athens

Birmingham, Alabama -- After four days of intense tryouts and years of hard work and dedication, the 2004 U.S.A. Paralympic Wheelchair Rugby Team was named at the Lakeshore Foundation Olympic and Paralympic Training Site in Birmingham, Alabama. The 12 nominated athletes, all members of the United States Quad Rugby Association, will represent the U.S. this September at the Paralympic Games in Athens, Greece pending United States Olympic Committee approval.

The Paralympics are the world’s second largest sporting event and are held two weeks after the Olympics. Approximately 4,000 athletes from more than 130 countries will participate in the summer games, which will feature nineteen sports over 10 days of international competition. Wheelchair Rugby is a fast paced - full contact team sport that is played indoors on a modified basketball court. The United States will be defending their 2000 Gold Medal win from the Sydney Paralympics and are strong contenders to repeat in Athens.

Athletes nominated to the 2004 U.S.A. Paralympic Wheelchair Rugby Team are as follows:

Cliff Chunn * – Nashville, Tennessee
Andy Cohn – Tempe, Arizona

Sam Gloor – San Diego, California

Will Groulx – Portland, Oregon

Scott Hogsett - Phoenix, Arizona
Bryan Kirkland * - Leeds, Alabama

Bob Lujano – Birmingham, Alabama
Norm Lyduch * - Austin, Texas

Lynn Nelson – Portland, Oregon

Brent Poppen – Paso Robles, California

Wayne Romero * – Indianapolis, Indiana
Mark Zupan – Austin, Texas

Nominated as alternates are;
Eddie Crouch * – Smyrna, Tennessee
Dave Jenkins – Sarasota, Florida
Rob Krows – Moore, Oklahoma

For more information on USA Paralympic Rugby please contact John Bishop at (561) 707-9686 or visit www.quadrugby.com. To learn more about the 2004 Paralympic Games visit www.athens2004.com.

* indicates athlete is a previous Paralympic Gold Medalist.

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