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The Eyes Free Sports Podcast: Ep. 76 – Hitting the Goalball Court with 7-Time Paralympian Jen Armbruster

Broadcast on:
13 Nov 2022

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/.