Joey Brinson
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Born | 1976 Jackson, Mississippi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Joey Brinson is an American wheelchair fencer.
Biography[]
Brinson was born in 1976 in Jackson, Mississippi. He became paralyzed after a car accident at the age of 17.[1] He was got interested in a sport in 2006 when a Methodist Rehabilitation Center in his home city added fencing as a part of their sports program for disabled individuals. In 2007, he was one of the founders of , a fencing team supported by MRC.[2] He won bronze medals in both épée and sabre at in 2011 and the same year won another bronze for épée and a silver one for foil at Parapan American Games. In 2012 he won a bronze medal in sabre at the North American Cup, and the same year got a gold one for the same thing, and a silver one for épée at the 2012 U.S. Fencing National Wheelchair Championship.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b "Joey Brinson". Team USA. United States Olympic Committee. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
- ^ Susan Christensen (April 17, 2009). "Mississippian chosen for U.S. wheelchair fencing team". Archived from the original on July 29, 2014. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
- Paralympic wheelchair fencers of the United States
- 1976 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Jackson, Mississippi
- American male épée fencers
- American male foil fencers
- American male sabre fencers
- American fencing biography stubs