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The Eyes Free Sports Podcast: Ep. 55 – Taking a Run with Bailey Martin

Broadcast on:
22 Jan 2022

In Episode 55 of the Eyes Free Sports podcast, our guest is Bailey Martin, a freshman at the University of Northern Iowa. Martin talked about:

  • Her early years and childhood being fully sighted
  • How she became visually impaired practically out of the blue
  • Her education and how supportive her teachers and professors have been throughout her schooling years
  • Getting back into sports after losing her eyesight and learning other adaptive sports for the blind
  • Her experience winning a contest through Orcam to meet other blind athletes and a superstar soccer player
  • Her goals with blind soccer and track and field and dreams of competing in the Paralympic Games

Follow Bailey Martin on Instagram at http://instagram.com/bailey_22_martin.