BUHLER Zachary

Zach (Instagram profile, 03 Aug 2021)

Playing the drums. (teamusa.org, 01 Jan 2020)

Athlete

Wife Bailey

English

Keith Young [national], USA

His mother-in-law Karen Helmacy won gold in goalball and javelin at the 1984 Paralympic Games in New York and Stoke Mandeville, and silver in goalball at the 1988 Games in Seoul. His father-in-law Jerry Windell also won silver in goalball at the 1988 Paralympic Games in Seoul. (SportsDeskOnline, 05 Aug 2021; teamusa.org, 01 Jan 2020)

He has competed in beep baseball and won the World Series on multiple occasions. (usaba.org, 02 Jun 2021)

In May 2020 he suffered a knee injury, which required surgery five months later due to a meniscus [cartilage] tear. (usaba.org, 02 Jun 2021)

He began playing goalball in 2015 at a camp at the Turnstone Center in Fort Wayne, IN, United States of America. (teamusa.org, 01 Jan 2020)

"I've been an athlete all my life. I started playing baseball when I was two, basketball at three, cross-country at six, and [American] football at seven. I was non-stop sports until I lost my vision. Even then I continued to play basketball all throughout high school. Going from where I was starting out, not knowing even what goalball was, to now having a chance to compete for Team USA is a huge opportunity and I feel very blessed and honoured to even be given that opportunity." (usaba.org, 02 Jun 2021; teamusa.org, 01 Jan 2021)

To win a medal at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (usaba.org, 02 Jun 2021; Instagram profile, 03 Aug 2021)

"Hard work beats talent, when talent fails to work hard." (Instagram profile, 03 Aug 2021)