Lonnie Hannah
American ice sledge hockey player From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lonnie Hannah II (born February 17, 1964) is an American former ice sledge hockey player. He won medals with Team USA at the 2002 Winter Paralympics and 2006 Winter Paralympics.[1]
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Nationality | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Houston, Texas, U.S. | February 17, 1964|||||||||||||||||||||||
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Life and career
As a child, Hannah was a roller skating champion.[2][3]
At 20 years old, he was injured at work by a falling shelving unit which broke three vertebrae and paralyzed him from the waist down. He was diagnosed with melanoma in 2005.[3]
He won three national wheelchair tennis championships (two doubles and a single). In 1996, he was named Player of the Year by the National Foundation of Wheelchair Tennis.[3]
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