Name: Eric Duda
Position: Outside hitter
Sport: Sitting Volleyball
Discipline(s):
Sitting Volleyball
Height: 6-5
Birthplace: Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Hometown: Marietta, Ga.
High School: Nova High School
College: University of Florida
Paralympic Experience
- 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro (8th place)
- 2004 Paralympic Games in Athens (6th place)
World Championship Experience
- 2018: World ParaVolley World Championships (8th)
- 2014: World ParaVolley World Championships (10th)
- 2010: World ParaVolley World Championships (10th place)
- 2006: World ParaVolley World Championship (9th)
Other Career Highlights
- 2019: Parapan American Games (Silver)
- 2019: World ParaVolley Beach World Series Pingtan Open (Gold)
- 2018: ParaVolley Super 6 (6th Place)
- 2017: ParaVolley Pan American Championships (Silver)
- 2016: ParaVolley Intercontinental Cup (6th Place)
- 2015: Parapan American Games (Silver)
- 2013: Parapan American Zonal Championships (Silver)
- 2012: Intercontinental Cup
- 2011: Parapan American Games(Silver Medal); Continental Cup
- 2009: Parapan American Championship (Gold)
- 2007: Parapan American Games (Silver)
- 2003: Parapan American Games (Gold)
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- MOST NOTABLE
- Named Best Receiver at the 2018 World ParaVolley World Championships
- Started all six matches at the 2016 ParaVolley Intercontinental Cup
- Named 2014 and 2018 Male Sitting Player of the Year
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- DID YOU KNOW
- He is the team captain
- He was born with amniotic band syndrome, but likes to tell people that he lost his fingers while protecting his dog from an alligator
- Serves as the men's volleyball head coach at Life University in Georgia
- Served as a volunteer assistant coach for the volleyball team at the University of Florida while earning a bachelor's degree in sports management
- Was the men’s volleyball team captain for the 2003 and 2004 seasons at the University of Florida
Personal:
He has played eight years of classical piano, seven years of percussion and competed in archery for two years-all without fingers on his left hand
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