Michelle Gerlosky

Michelle Gerlosky
Personal information
Full name	Michelle Denise Gerlosky
Nationality	United States
Born	(1983-03-20) March 20, 1983 Lake Wales, Florida
Honours Athletics Paralympic Games Gold 2010 Parapan American Championship Women's sitting volleyball Gold 2010 WOVD World Cup Women's sitting volleyball Silver 2010 WOVD Sitting Volleyball World Championships Women's sitting volleyball Gold 2011 ECVD Continental Cup in Yevpatoria, Ukraine Women's sitting volleyball Gold 2012 Volleyball Masters Women's sitting volleyball Silver 2012 London Women's sitting volleyball

Michelle Gerlosky (born March 20, 1983) is an American Paralympic volleyballist.

Biography

Gerlosky was born in Lake Wales, Florida with her right hand and part of her forearm missing. She graduated from University of Georgia and received such honours as the Dean's List, Provost’s List and with cum laude. She started competing for Paralympic Games in 2010 where she won one silver and two gold medals. The golds came from Parapan American Championship and the World Cup while the silver one was from World Organization Volleyball for Disabled. In 2011 and 2012 respectively she won two gold medals at ECVD Continental Cup which was held in Yevpatoria, Ukraine and Volleyball Masters. She also got another silver medal for her participation at 2012 Paralympic Games in London. In 2011 she was married to Alexander Schiffler who is also a sitting volleyball competitor.^[1]

Further reading

• Michelle Gerlosky

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