KUSKU John

United States of America

Date of Birth: 6 Aug 1984

Age: 37

Gender: Male

Sport Class: B2

Place of birth: WARREN, MI

Birth Country:

United States of America

Place of residence : COMMERCE TOWNSHIP, MI

Residence Country:

United States of America

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Goalball	Men USA United States	4

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Makuhari Messe Hall C	Men's Preliminary - Group A #10 USA United States 8 BRA Brazil 6	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall C	Men's Preliminary - Group A #17 JPN Japan 11 USA United States 1	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall C	Men's Preliminary - Group A #33 ALG Algeria 5 USA United States 13	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall C	Men's Preliminary - Group A #37 USA United States 3 LTU Lithuania 13	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall C	Men's Quarterfinal #42 UKR Ukraine 4 USA United States 5	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall C	Men's Semifinal #49 CHN China 8 USA United States 1	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall C	Men's Bronze Medal Match #54 USA United States 7 LTU Lithuania 10	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Paralympic Games
2	Men	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
World Championships
3	Men	2014	Espoo, FIN
5	Men	2018	Malmo, SWE

Turkish culture, music, science fiction, reading. (Twitter profile, 14 Sep 2020)

Occupation:

Education, Mathematics, Physics - Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, USA

Son George Altan

Languages spoken:

Keith Young [national], USA

On a training run in 2006, he ran into a concrete piling and injured his knee. (blindness.org, 27 Sep 2011)

He learned about goalball while he was in the eighth grade and attending a National Sports Education Camps Project at Western Michigan University in the United States of America. (teamusa.org, 03 Jun 2018; blindness.org, 27 Sep 2011)

A teacher recommended the sport to his mother. (Athlete, 02 Nov 2011)

Author Ayn Rand. (Athlete, 01 Apr 2016)

Philosophy:

"Enjoy what you are doing." (Athlete, 01 Apr 2016)

General Interest

Classification
B2 (ibsasport.org, 22 Dec 2019)

Type of Impairment
Vision impairment (blindness.org, 27 Sep 2011)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (teamusa.org, 03 Jun 2018)

Impairment Details
He was born with retinitis pigmentosa, but was not diagnosed with the condition until he was age six. (teamusa.org, 03 Jun 2018; blindness.org, 27 Sep 2011)

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/john.altan.kusku
https://instagram.com/johnkusku
https://twitter.com/mrkusku
Twitter Profile 2: https://twitter.com/johnkusku

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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