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Asya Miller Lapper (born October 16, 1979) is a five-time
Paralympic The Paralympic Games or Paralympics is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of disabilities. There are Winter and Summer Paralympic Games, which since the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Kore ...
medalist, with four of her medals coming in
goalball Goalball is a team sport designed specifically for athletes with a visual impairment, vision impairment. Participants compete in teams of three, and try to throw a ball with bells embedded inside it into the opponents' goal. The ball is throw ...
. Miller was nominated for an ESPY Award in 2009. Miller made her Paralympic debut in 2000 and won a bronze medal for discus at the Sydney Paralympic Games. In goalball, Miller and teammate Lisa Czechowski competed in their sixth Paralympics together at the
2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games The , branded as the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport event, multi-sport parasports event held from 24 August to 5 September 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. They were the 16th Summer Paralympic Games as organized by the Inte ...
. Together they have won four Paralympic medals, including gold at the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games. Her visual impairment is caused by
Stargardt disease Stargardt disease is the most common inherited single-gene retinal disease. In terms of the first description of the disease, it follows an autosomal recessive inheritance pattern, which has been later linked to bi-allelic ABCA4 gene variants ...
. She has also competed in various throwing events, like discus, besides goalball. Her wife is fellow
goalball Goalball is a team sport designed specifically for athletes with a visual impairment, vision impairment. Participants compete in teams of three, and try to throw a ball with bells embedded inside it into the opponents' goal. The ball is throw ...
er Jen Armbruster.


See also

* United States women's national goalball team * 2012 Summer Paralympics roster * 2016 Summer Paralympics roster * 2020 Summer Paralympics roster


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* * * 1979 births Living people American female goalball players American female discus throwers Paralympic goalball players for the United States Paralympic track and field athletes for the United States Paralympic gold medalists for the United States Paralympic silver medalists for the United States Paralympic bronze medalists for the United States Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Goalball players at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Goalball players at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Goalball players at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Goalball players at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Goalball players at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Parapan American Games gold medalists for the United States Parapan American Games silver medalists for the United States Parapan American Games medalists in goalball Goalball players at the 2011 Parapan American Games Goalball players at the 2015 Parapan American Games Goalball players at the 2023 Parapan American Games Medalists at the 2011 Parapan American Games Medalists at the 2015 Parapan American Games Medalists at the 2023 Parapan American Games American lesbian sportswomen LGBTQ people from Michigan LGBTQ track and field athletes LGBTQ goalball players People from Lapeer, Michigan Sportspeople from Lapeer County, Michigan 21st-century American LGBTQ people 21st-century American sportswomen 20th-century American sportswomen {{Goalball-bio-stub