Lora Webster

CareerTimeline

Most Notable

Member of the U.S. Women's Sitting National Team since 2004
Named "Best Blocker" of the 2016 Paralympic Games and 2024 Paralympic Games
Member of Team USA's "Best Paralympic Team" in 2016
Inaugural recipient of USA Volleyball's All-Time Great Female Sitting Volleyball Player Award
USA Volleyball Sitting Player of the Year in 2007 and 2004
Named MVP and Best Spiker at the 2003 Parapan American Games

Married Paul Bargellini in 2010. Paul played club volleyball for the University of Delaware. The couple has three children and Lora recently announced she is pregnant with her fourth. She will compete in Tokyo while pregnant
Prior to the Tokyo Paralympics, Webster received a $10,000 grant from “the Power of She Fund,” which was set up by the Women’s Sports Foundation and Athleta to help athletes pay for childcare costs.
Was born in Phoenix. Also lived in Lincoln, Neb., as a teen before graduating from Cactus Shadows HS in Scottsdale, Ariz.
Now lives in Point Lookout, N.Y. with her family and ran for Hempstead Town Council in 2019
Uncle Bob Webster has worked with the U.S. Men's and Women's Hockey teams for more than 25 years... Sister Lisa Yost played volleyball for the University of Nebraska - Omaha and the University of Tampa
At age 11 was diagnosed with osteosarcoma (bone cancer) in her left tibia. Later underwent a procedure known as rotationplasty to remove the cancerous bone, which included the knee. As part of the procedure, her lower leg was rotated 180 degrees and connected to the remnants of the femur. This gave her full range of movement, allowing her to play sports. In 1998, she was fitted with prosthesis.
In 2004, her high school volleyball team won the state title
Was honored at the 2004 Gene Autry Courage Awards in Tempe, Ariz.
In February 2006, she was named Cosmopolitan magazine's first "Fun Fearless Female Reader," winning a $10,000 cash prize