﻿{"id":495150,"date":"2022-01-08T22:27:39","date_gmt":"2022-01-09T05:27:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=495150"},"modified":"2022-01-08T22:27:39","modified_gmt":"2022-01-09T05:27:39","slug":"becca-meyers-three-time-paralympic-gold-medalist-announces-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/becca-meyers-three-time-paralympic-gold-medalist-announces-retirement\/","title":{"rendered":"Becca Meyers, Three-Time Paralympic Gold Medalist, Announces Retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Becca Meyers, Three-Time Paralympic Gold Medalist, Announces Retirement<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Becca Meyers,<\/strong> a two-time Paralympian and three-time gold medalist, announced her retirement from the sport.<\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old made the announcement via Instagram Saturday in the form of a letter to her six-year-old self.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; 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border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CYeZ7WEgbew\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Becca Meyers (@beccameyers20)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would like to take this moment to say thank you to all of my coaches, family, friends, my sponsor @speedousa and everyone else who has helped me achieve all my dreams and goals throughout my swimming journey,\u201d Meyers wrote in part. \u201cThe black line will always have a special place in my heart.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meyers is one of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/becca-meyers-swimmer-paralympian-activist-and-dreamer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">America\u2019s highest profile Paralympic swimmers<\/a>. She made her Paralympic debut in 2012 with a silver medal and a bronze, but her signature moments came in Rio. She won gold in the S13 400 freestyle, S13 100 butterfly and SM13 200 individual medley.<\/p>\n<p>Meyers has an illustrious training background for any swimmer. She starred at Franklin &amp; Marshall College at the Division III level. She has trained at such elite clubs as North Baltimore Aquatic Club and Nation\u2019s Capital Swim Club, continuing her talent in the sport even as she lost her vision. 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