Trischa L. Zorn

(1964- ) lived in Lincoln. Athlete, educator, considered most successful athlete in history of Paralympic Games, the visually impaired swimmer has won 54 medals, including 41 gold, during six summer Paralympics, and has held as many as nine world records, has qualified for two Olympic Trials and was an alternate for the 1980 U.S. Olympic swimming team; while at University of Nebraska-Lincoln from 1984 to 1987, she was an Academic All American all four years, was the first visually impaired athlete to earn a Division I scholarship, and was Big 8 Conference 200-meter backstroke champion for three years; nominated as Sports Illustrated Woman of the Year in 1988 and named one of Ten Outstanding Young Americans by U.S. Junior Chamber of Commerce in 2000. Consult New York Times, June 23, 1984, p. 34 and Lincoln Journal Star, October 22, 2000, p. D-3 and UNL Nebraska Alumnus, Fall 2000, pp. 42-43.

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