Joseph Peppersack (born March 12, 1999) is an American Paralympic swimmer. He represented the United States at the 2020 Summer Paralympic Games.

Career

Joseph was born in 1999 to Jody and Sandy Peppersack with a rare condition known as tibial hemimelia. This resulted in the amputation of his right leg in 2003 when he was four years old. Joey did not begin swimming until he was 9 years old, joining a local club. After a few years and constant encouragement of his natural ability, Joey was persuaded into joining competitive paraswimming in 2011. Peppersack has competed on the world stage several times. He briefly held the American record in the S8 100m IM and the S8 200m Freestyle. Peppersack competed in the 100 metre backstroke S8 event at the

2020 Summer Paralympics 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 ...

and placed 7th. In 2022, Peppersack was renamed to the United States National Team. He retired from competitive swimming in 2023. Since leaving the pool, Joseph has pursued a career in economic development.

References

1999 births Living people American disabled sportspeople American male backstroke swimmers Paralympic swimmers for the United States Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2019 Parapan American Games American male freestyle swimmers S8-classified para swimmers University of Mary Washington alumni 21st-century American sportsmen {{US-sport-bio-stub