In Episode 76 of the Eyes Free Sports podcast, we welcome Jen Armbruster, a seven-time Paralympian in goalball. During the interview, Armbruster spoke about:
- Her early years and K-12 education
- Her visual impairment, coping with her diagnosis, and why she feels so lucky
- Getting into goalball and what drew her to the sport
- Her decorated Paralympic career representing Team USA on the U.S. women’s goalball squad
- Her training routine and what it takes to be successful at goalball
- Other adaptive sports she has played, including her work on blind soccer
- The benefits of competing in adaptive sports for people with disabilities
- Her career and work in adaptive sports
Learn more about the popular adaptive sport of goalball at https://www.usaba.org/clubs-sports/goalball/.
Learn more about the USA men’s and women’s goalball teams at https://www.usaba.org/usa-goalball/.