Becca Meyers, professionally known as Becca Meyers, is a Paralympic swimmer from the United States. She was a member of the Paralympic Team in 2012, where she earned silver and bronze medals. She began swimming at the age of six in Baltimore, Maryland, in 2000 and had previously been a club swimmer at Loyola Blakefield Aquatics for eleven years. She also won the ESPY Award for Best Female Athlete with a Disability in 2015 and 2017. At the 2016 Summer Paralympics, she won gold in record time. Meyers also competed in the Summer Deaflympics in Taiwan in 2009. Furthermore, Becca withdrew from the Paralympics after her request for a personal care assistant was denied on July 20, 2021.
Quick Facts
Celebrated Name | Becca Meyers |
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Age | 29 Years |
Nick Name | Becca |
Birth Name | Rebecca Meyers |
Birth Date | 1994-11-20 |
Gender | Female |
Profession | Swimmer |
Nationality | American |
Birth Nation | America |
Place Of Birth | Baltimore, Maryland, U.S |
Ethnicity | American-white |
Religion | Christian |
Race | White |
Horoscope | Scorpio |
Mother | Maria Dachille Meyers |
Father | Wade Mark Meyers |
Siblings | 2 |
College / University | Franklin and Marshall College |
Marital Status | Unmarried |
Sexual Orientation | Straight |
Source of Wealth | Swimming career |
Net Worth | $1 million |
Height | 5 feet and 3 inches |
Weight | 124 pounds |
Hair Color | Brown |
Eye Color | Dark brown |
Body Type | Athletic |
Becca Meyers Biography
Becca Meyers was born on November 20, 1994, in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. She is an American national and an American-white ethnicity. Becca adheres to the Christian faith. Her current age is 28, which she will commemorate in 2020. Her racial background is white, and her zodiac sign is Scorpio. Becca Meyers is the daughter of Maria Dachille Meyers and Wade Mark Meyers. She has a brother named Timothy and a sister named Elizabeth.
Meyers attended Notre Dame Prep before graduating from Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, where she studied History with an emphasis in Disability Studies.
Becca Meyers Height, Weight
Becca Meyers is 5 feet and 3 inches tall and her physique weighs roughly 124 pounds. She is a pretty lady who has good-looking brown hair and a dark brown eyes hue. She obviously has a lovely face and a compelling personality which has cast a spell on her viewers throughout the years. Becca is athletic by body build.
Career
Becca began her swimming career as a club swimmer at Loyola Blakefield Aquatics for eleven years before joining North Baltimore Aquatic Club, where Michael Phelps trained in 2012.
She then transferred to Nation’s Capital Swim Club in Bethesda, MD, where she trained with Katie Ledecky’s coach, Bruce Gemmell. She owns numerous world records in the S13 and S12 categories.
The United States stated in June 2021 that the 34 Paralympic swimmers would compete in the postponed 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo.
Becca withdrew from the Paralympics because her request for a personal care assistant was refused on July 20, 2021. Meyers has an exceptional international record, having won one gold medal: 400M Freestyle, one silver medal: 200M Individual Medley, and two bronze medals: 100M Freestyle and 100M Butterfly. Set two world records (400m freestyle and 200m individual medley) and five American records (400m freestyle, 200m individual medley, 100m freestyle, 50m freestyle, and 100m breaststroke) at the England World Para Swimming Championships in London in 2019.
In 2017, she also won one gold medal: 400M freestyle, two silver medals: 100M butterfly and 100M freestyle, and one bronze medal: 100M breaststroke at the World Para Swimming Championships in Mexico City, Mexico.
In 2015, she won two gold medals: 200M Individual Medley and 400M Freestyle at the IPC Swimming World Championships in Glasgow, Scotland, as well as one silver medal: 100M Butterfly. Set 2 world records in the S13 classification: 200M Individual Medley and 400M Freestyle as well as she won 2 gold medals: 200M Individual Medley and 400M Freestyle, 2 silver medals: 100M Butterfly and 100M Freestyle in 2013 Montreal, Canada IPC Swimming World Championships.
In 2011 Coimbra, Portugal 3rd World Deaf Swimming Championships, Becca gained 4 gold medals: 200M Freestyle, 400M Freestyle, 800M Freestyle, and 4x200M Freestyle Relay, Set world record in the 4x200M Freestyle Relay, Set deaf world championship record in 800M Freestyle and in 2009 Deaflympics Taipei, Taiwan she won a Bronze medal in the 4x200M Freestyle Relay, Set American record in the 4x200M Freestyle Relay.
Becca Meyers Boyfriend, Dating
Becca Meyers is an unmarried lady. She’s firmly kept her personal and professional life separate. However, we can presume that the swimmer is currently focusing on her career as she has been just achieved popularity and a significant title. She is now single. It seems that she is not comfortable putting her personal life open to the world. Furthermore, Becca’s sexual orientation is straight.
Becca Meyers Net Worth
Becca Meyers has a net worth of roughly $1 million as of January 2024. However, she has also a fine amount of salary which is likewise in thousands of dollars every year. She has not done endorsement work for any products. She has reached incredible heights in her career, and she still has a lot more to go. Her biggest source of income is her swimming career.
Trivia
- Becca earned three gold and one silver medals in Rio 2016.
- She was also a member of the 2012 Paralympic Team, and earned a silver and bronze in London.
- Meyers also competed in the Summer Deaflympics in Taiwan in 2009.
- She also secured a bronze medal in the 4×200m freestyle relay event in the 2009 Summer Deaflympics.
- Since she was little she has used a cochlear implant, an electronic device that helps her to hear.