Living life creatively with Paralympian Patty Cisneros Prevo
So You Know she is Legit:
Patty Cisneros Prevo was a member of the USA Women’s Wheelchair Basketball Team from 1999-2009 competing in three Paralympic Games- 2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens, and 2008 Beijing. Team USA won back-to-back gold medals in 2004 and 2008, where Patty captained the team. She has won four National Wheelchair Basketball Association Championships, including one as head coach of the University of Illinois Women’s Wheelchair Basketball Team. In 2010, Patty played overseas in the Professional European Wheelchair Basketball League with Germany’s Lahn-Dill winning three championship cups in an undefeated season. She currently coaches the Denver Lady Rolling Nuggets Wheelchair Basketball Team.
In the fall of 1996 as a freshman at Indiana University, she suffered a spinal cord injury in a car accident that left her paralyzed. Patty is happily married to Tony, and together they are proud parents to their spunky girls, Elliana (6) and Nyah (3). Patty is also currently working on her first book, UNSTOPPABLE, about 15 female athletes with physical disabilities.
How To Connect with Patty:
Twitter: @pattycisprevo
Instagram: @pattycisnerosprevo
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