ERICKSON Heather

United States of America

Sitting Volleyball

Date of Birth: 9 May 1993

Age: 28

Gender: Female

Sport Class: VS1

Place of birth: EUREKA, CA

Birth Country:

United States of America

Place of residence : EDMOND, OK

Residence Country:

United States of America

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Sitting Volleyball	Women USA United States	1

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Makuhari Messe Hall A	Women's Preliminaries Pool B #03 USA United States 3 RWA Rwanda 0	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall A	Women's Preliminaries Pool B #08 USA United States 0 CHN China 3	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall A	Women's Preliminaries Pool B #11 RPC RPC 0 USA United States 3	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall A	Women's Semifinals #15 BRA Brazil 0 USA United States 3	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall A	Women's Gold Medal Match #18 USA United States 3 CHN China 1	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Paralympic Games
1	Women	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
2	Women	2012	London, GBR
2	Women	2008	Beijing, CHN
World Championships
2	Women	2018	Netherlands
2	Women	2014	Elblag, POL

Reading, watching movies, playing video games. (teamusa.org, 22 Nov 2019)

Occupation:

Sport Psychology - University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, OK, USA

Languages spoken:

Bill Hamiter [national], USA

Position style:

Outside hitter (teamusa.org, 17 May 2017)

She began playing sitting volleyball at age 13. (teamusa.org, 26 Dec 2013)

Her sister Stephanie. (teamusa.org, 22 Nov 2019)

Her family, especially her sister Stephanie. (uco.edu, 18 Aug 2014)

Philosophy:

"If you're good at something, go with it." (teamusa.org, 04 Jul 2019)

In 2019 she was named Best Attacker at the World Super 6 event in Tokyo, Japan. (volleyballmag.com, 22 Nov 2019)

She was named Most Valuable Player [MVP] and Best Spiker at the 2019 Parapan American Games in Lima, Peru. (teamusa.org, 22 Nov 2019)

In 2013, 2016, and 2018 she was named Sitting Women's Player of the Year by USA Volleyball. (teamusa.org, 22 Nov 2019, 04 Jul 2019, 03 Jul 2014)

In 2017 she was named MVP and Best Spiker at the World Super 6 event in Hangzhou, People's Republic of China. (teamusa.org, 22 Nov 2019)

In 2016 she was a member of the US national sitting volleyball team that was named the Paralympic Team of the Year by the United States Olympic Committee [USOC]. (teamusa.org, 01 Jan 2016)

She was named Best Receiver and Most Valuable Player [MVP] at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (teamusa.org, 01 Jan 2016)

In 2014 she was named Best Hitter at the World Championships in Elblag, Poland. (paravolley.pl, 03 Jul 2014)

General Interest

Classification
VS1 (worldparavolley.org, 12 Dec 2020)

Type of Impairment
Limb deficiency (usavolleyball.org, 13 Jun 2012)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (usavolleyball.org, 13 Jun 2012)

Impairment Details
She was born with a condition that prevented a bone in her lower right leg from developing fully. After 18 failed operations, she and her family decided to have her right foot amputated just above the ankle in 2002. (usavolleyball.org, 13 Jun 2012)

General
COACH
She has served as head coach of the OP2-Oklahoma Peak Performance Volleyball Club in the United States of America. She coaches the female U11 team. "I love that I can go compete on the sitting team and be that gold medal team, and fight, fight, fight. And then I get to watch where everything begins. I see that progression, and it makes me enjoy the sport a lot more." (Facebook profile, 05 Feb 2020; teamusa.org, 04 Jul 2019)

LEADER
She was selected to captain the US national sitting volleyball team at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. She previously captained the team at the 2014 World Championships in Elblag, Poland. (teamusa.org, 22 Jun 2016; paravolley.pl, 09 Jun 2014)

Social Media

Legend

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

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