MERREN Tyler

United States of America
Goalball
29 May 1984
37
Male
B2
ALLEGAN, MI
 
United States of America
FORT WAYNE, IN
 
United States of America

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
GBL Goalball Men
USA
United States
 4

Schedule

Change
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

:
RankEventYearLocation
Paralympic Games
2Men2016Rio de Janeiro, BRA
3Men2004Athens, GRE
4Men2008Beijing, CHN
World Championships
3Men2014Espoo, FIN
:
Tigger (Athlete, 31 Oct 2011)
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Athlete, Business Owner, Motivational Speaker
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Exercise Science, Kinesiology - Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, USA
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Wife Leanne, step-son Mason, daughters Andralyn, Kaelyn and Jessalyn
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English, Spanish
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Keith Young [national], USA
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He began playing goalball in 1999 at age 15 at a sports education camp hosted by the US Association of Blind Athletes at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, MI, United States of America. (Athlete, 01 Apr 2016; teamusa.org, 01 Jan 2016)
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"I enjoy the intensity and the full body strength and power required." (Athlete, 01 Apr 2016)
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To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (coralspringstalk.com, 16 Jun 2021)
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He trains for up to three hours a day at the Turnstone Center, a national training centre for Para athletes in Fort Wayne, IN, United States of America. (coralspringstalk.com, 16 Jun 2021)
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His wife Leanne. (coralspringstalk.com, 16 Jun 2021)
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"It takes a decision to be a champion, a decision to not allow the uncontrollables to be in control, a decision to fight for more, a decision to push even when it's hard. Champions are not born, they are made." (Instagram profile, 30 Sep 2018)
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In 2017 he was awarded the Key to the City of Coral Springs in Florida, United States of America, after he won silver at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (coralspringstalk.com, 16 Jun 2021; tylermerren.com, 09 Jun 2019)

General Interest

Classification
B2 (IBSA, 05 Aug 2021)

Type of Impairment
Vision impairment (Athlete, 01 Apr 2016)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (Athlete, 01 Apr 2016)

Impairment Details
His vision is affected by retinitis pigmentosa. (v-prod.com, 10 June 2008)

General
NEW TRAINING BASE
In late 2019 he moved from Coral Springs, FL, United States of America to Fort Wayne, Indiana with his family to prepare for the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo under the USA Goalball Resident Athlete Training Program. After the Paralympic Games in Tokyo were postponed until 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, he says the extended break helped the team bond further as a unit. "Early on, we determined that this would make us stronger as a team." (coralspringstalk.com, 16 Jun 2021)

OTHER ACTIVITIES
He has founded ReVision Training, which provides training programmes for people with visual impairments and offers an audio-based fitness programme app. He has also worked as a motivational speaker. (coralspringstalk.com, 16 Jun 2021; LinkedIn profile, 01 Jan 2020)

Legend
:
Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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