Deaflympians in the News

Diana Uihlein is a newcomer on the defending Deaflympic champion women soccer team. Read about her! .

The U.S. men's soccer team had a scrimmage in Florida last June. Check out a video and an article .

Viable did a video profile of three U.S. Deaflympian athletes. The three featured are: Onye Davis, Shana Lehmann and Jon Mowl. Check them all out!

Ida Dotson was a teammate of Anders' in 2001. This Tucson native is also going for her third straight gold medal in women's basketball.

An all-around athlete in high school, Shaquana McDonough is playing for the women's soccer team in Taipei.

Big man Joanel Lopez is the pride of his alma mater as they work to fundraise for him. Read about the store from the New York Daily News!

Houston native Duggan Baker will be the only Texan on the swimming team.

Easter Faafiti is playing for the U.S. women's basketball team. Read the link to find out more about Faafiti.

High school senior Jess Weeden is featured in this clip about her successes in and out of the pool.

Some U.S. athletes develop their own websites to help them fundraise and to attract attention to their campaigns. One such website is Dan Kelly's site. Kelly plays for the men's basketball team.

U.S. women's soccer goalkeeper Jessie Zamichow recently had a fundraising event by her local soccer association. To watch the video, click on the link.

Becca Meyers is the youngest Deaflympian on the U.S. Team. At the age of fourteen, she is one of the swimmers on the U.S. team. Her local Baltimore television station has a video about her.

Kristina Ates was on the 2005 U.S. Deaflympic team as a high schooler. She will be on the team again this summer as she competes for gold.

Coming out of Michigan is Brian Cronin, one of the players on the men's basketball team. He is featured in a story on this website. Check it out!

High school sophomore Will Langdren competes for his high school swim team and is one of the younger members of the U.S. Deaf Swim Team. Watch the here.

Duggan Baker joins Langdren on the swimming team and he is the only swimmer from the state of Texas and one of the few U.S. Deaflympians from the Lone Star State. Find out more about Baker here.

Craig and Michael Saalfeld are college students who boast personal records in different athletic (track & field) events that could easily win medals for the United States. To read more about the Saalfeld brothers, click here.

On the swimming team is Peggy Liang. Peggy is one of the top preparatory swimmers in the state of Washington. Peggy won 8 gold medals at the PANAMDES in Venezuela two years ago and is poised for a strong 2009. To continue reading…

Joining Peggy as another member of the U.S. Deaflympic Team is University of Wisconsin-Whitewater senior Jenny Woyahan. Her passion in life is striking at a bright green ball with a racket. To see what Jenny has to say click here...

Another article on Jenny can be found here...

If you know of a published article of a Deaflympic athlete, please send the URL of the link to media@usdeafsports.org.