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{{short description|American Paralympian curler and sitting volleyball player}}
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{{MedalCompetition|Summer Paralympics}}
{{MedalSport| [[Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Paralympics|Sitting Volleyball]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2004 Summer Paralympics|2004 Athens]]|Sitting Volleyball - Women's}}
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'''Penny Ricker Greely''' (born March 10, 1971, in [[Green Bay, Wisconsin]]) is a three time Paralympian for [[Team USA]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.teamusa.org/usa-curling/athletes/Penny-Greely|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150324053845/http://www.teamusa.org/usa-curling/athletes/Penny-Greely|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 24, 2015|title=Penny Greely|work=Team USA|access-date=2018-03-11|language=en}}</ref> She competes as a [[wheelchair curling|wheelchair curler]] and competed as a [[sitting volleyball]] player. She played in the bronze medal-winning United States team in [[Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Paralympics]] and competed in [[Wheelchair curling at the 2014 Winter Paralympics]] and the [[2018 Winter Paralympics]].<ref name=":0">[https://web.archive.org/web/20140109152041/http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Curling/Athletes/GR/Penny-Greely Team USA profile]</ref>
== Athletic career ==
Greely began her Paralympic career as a sitting volleyball player in the [[2004 Summer Paralympics]] in [[Athens|Athens, Greece]], where she earned a [[bronze medal]]. She competed in the 2003 [[Parapan American Games]] to qualify for the 2004 Paralympic Team.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.disabilityvoice.com/dvwp/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Penny-Greely-Paralympics-Sochi-Curling.pdf|title=Penny Greely – Paralympics Sochi 2014 – Curling|last=Carey|first=Timothy A.}}</ref> She has since retired from sitting volleyball.<ref name=":1" />
Greely began wheelchair curling in July 2010.<ref name=":1" /> She competed in her first international competition in Prague, Czechoslovakia, in February 2011.<ref name=":1" /> She has since competed in over a dozen countries internationally, including Finland, Slovakia, Switzerland, Scotland, South Korea, and Russia.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=https://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/story/sports/2017/02/17/greely-travels-world-thanks-curling/97867778/|title=Greely travels world thanks to curling|work=Press Gazette Media|access-date=2018-03-11|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.wbay.com/content/sports/Green-Bays-Penny-Greely-heads-to-Pyeongchang-475106433.html|title=Green Bay's Penny Greely heads to Pyeongchang|last=Pallares|first=Lindsey|access-date=2018-03-11|language=en}}</ref> She made her Paralympic debut in wheelchair curling at the [[2014 Winter Paralympics]] held in [[Sochi|Sochi, Russia]].<ref name=":2" /> Greely has represented Team USA in five world championships in wheelchair curling.<ref name=":0" /> Greely and her teammates first won an international competition in wheelchair curling at the Finnish International Wheelchair Open in [[Lohja|Lohja, Finland]].<ref name=":2" /> She was selected for the 2018 Paralympic wheelchair curling team.<ref name=":0" /> Her wheelchair curling position is Lead. Her 2018 teammates include Kirk Black, Steve Emt, Justin Marshall, and Meghan Lino.<ref name=":0" />
She practices curling at the Green Bay Curling Club.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://fox11online.com/sports/local-sports/suamico-native-competing-in-3rd-paralympic-games|title=Green Bay-area native competing in 3rd Paralympic games|last=Sports|first=John Doran, FOX 11|work=WLUK|access-date=2018-03-11|language=en-US}}</ref> Her coach is Rusty Schieber.<ref name=":0" />
== Personal life ==
She currently works as a case worker for [[Brown County, Wisconsin|Brown County, WI]]. She has a husband and one son.<ref name=":0" />
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