DOSTY Whitney

25 Feb 1988
33
Female
VS2
TUCSON, AZ
 
United States of America
TUCSON, AZ
 
United States of America

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
VBS Sitting Volleyball Women 1 Gold Medal

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Makuhari Messe Hall A
USA
United States
3
RWA
Rwanda
0
Finished
Makuhari Messe Hall A
USA
United States
0
CHN
China
3
Finished
Makuhari Messe Hall A
RPC
RPC
0
USA
United States
3
Finished
Makuhari Messe Hall A
BRA
Brazil
0
USA
United States
3
Finished
Makuhari Messe Hall A
USA
United States
3
CHN
China
1
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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RankEventYearLocation
World Championships
2Women2018Netherlands
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Fashion. (wavelengthwoman.com, 17 Mar 2021)
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Business Owner
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University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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English
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Bill Hamiter [national], USA
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Outside hitter (teamusa.org, 01 Jan 2016)
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Her sister Sybil has played professional volleyball. (teamusa.org, 01 Jan 2016)
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She played professional volleyball in Puerto Rico, Switzerland, the Republic of Korea, Azerbaijan, and Turkey prior to sustaining a serious ankle injury in 2014. She also represented the United States of America at the 2007 U20 World Championships in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand. (tenwest.com, 09 Aug 2019; onwyattstyle.com, 05 Dec 2018; pcshf.org, 01 Jan 2017)
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She was affected by knee injuries in 2007. (arizonawildcats.com, 01 Jan 2009)
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She began playing volleyball at high school. She switched to sitting volleyball in 2014 after sustaining her ankle injury. (wavelengthwoman.com, 17 Mar 2021; yearofours.com, 24 Sep 2020; charli-cohen.com, 10 Apr 2017)
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"Growing up I was always involved in sports, but really connected with ballet. I was a ballet dancer for 13 years before getting into volleyball. Going into my junior year of high school, I decided to try out for the volleyball team. I had played a little when I was younger and already had the height, and wanted to do something team related. That was when I first started to take volleyball seriously." (yearofours.com, 24 Sep 2020)
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To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (teamusa.org, 28 Aug 2020)
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US tennis players Venus Williams and Serena Williams. (teamusa.org, 01 Jan 2016)
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She was named the 2005 Southern Arizona Player of the Year by both the Arizona Daily Star and Tucson Citizen newspapers. (teamusa.org, 01 Jan 2016)

General Interest

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (onwyattstyle.com, 05 Dec 2018)

Impairment Details
She sustained a serious ankle injury in 2014 while playing professional volleyball in Turkey. (onwyattstyle.com, 05 Dec 2018)

General
FASHIONISTA
She is the founder and owner of 'Wavelength Women', a fashion website that also sells swimwear for tall women. "Art and creating have always been a part of who I am. I started studying and working in fashion shortly after my ankle injury in 2014. With the ups and downs of my ankle injury I have been blessed with many new doors opening in the fashion world. I attended the School of Style in New York City [NY, United States of America] and graduated from the programme in 2014. Soon after I began working on projects as a style intern to [fashion designers] Kate Mossman and April Hughes." (Vimeo profile, 01 Jan 2019; onwyattstyle.com, 05 Dec 2018)

STUDYING DURING COVID
Following the postponement of the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo, she was one of 10 Team USA athletes to earn a learning scholarship through the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee's Athlete Career and Education [ACE] programme. She took a course in digital marketing. "I love learning, so the idea of learning new skills really excites me to be back in school. We live in such a digital age right now, and I am eager to learn as much as I can in as many different arenas as possible with skills that will lend support to me being a first-time business owner. Digital marketing appealed to me as a valuable skill to have. As an athlete that has been putting work in for the past four years for an opportunity at the Paralympics, it was sad to hear. However, the postponement is out of our control, and safety and health is the most important. We have to adapt to another year of training and new ways of getting better. It's all a part of this new journey to Tokyo 2021." (teamusa.org, 28 Aug 2020)

Legend
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Gold Medal
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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