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Monique Marie Matthews ( Burkland, born August 11, 1989) is an American
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ist.


Early life

Burkland was born in
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. She graduated from Plainview High School in 2008 where she used to be all-state softball player. There, she also did track and basketball. While being employed on a summer job, she lost her leg in a
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accident. Since then, she has joined the USA
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team and trains at the
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. On May 2, 2016, she married her boyfriend of almost five years Landon Matthews in Oklahoma City.


Career

She started competing for
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in 2010 where she won a
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for her participation at
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. In 2011 and 2012 respectively she won three gold medals at ECVD Continental Cup which was held in
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,
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, Parapan American Zonal Championship of
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,
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and Volleyball Masters. She won a silver medal at the
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in
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. She was a member of the USA Paralympic women's volleyball team which won the gold medal at the
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in
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, at the
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in
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, and at the
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in
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.


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Monique (Burkland) Matthews
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USA Volleyball USA Volleyball (USAV) is a non-profit organization which is recognized as the national governing body of volleyball in the United States by the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB) and the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committe ...
* * * 1989 births Living people American sitting volleyball players Women's sitting volleyball players Paralympic volleyball players for the United States Paralympic gold medalists for the United States Paralympic silver medalists for the United States Paralympic medalists in volleyball Volleyball players at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Volleyball players at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Volleyball players at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Volleyball players at the 2024 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2024 Summer Paralympics Parapan American Games gold medalists for the United States Parapan American Games medalists in sitting volleyball Medalists at the 2015 Parapan American Games Medalists at the 2019 Parapan American Games Sportspeople from Reno, Nevada {{Sittingvolleyball-bio-stub