Episode 27 - John Kremer - Paralympian - Sitting Volleyball Artwork

Sports Saved My Life

The title is the premise - Clayton Frech, the CEO and founder of Angel City Sports talks to elite adaptive athletes about their journey in sport and beyond. The podcast will provide inspiration, useful information, and compelling entertainment to listeners around the globe. The stories will cover childhood, the disability journey, and the powerful impact of sport on each of our guests.

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Sports Saved My Life

Episode 27 - John Kremer - Paralympian - Sitting Volleyball

September 01, 2021 • Clayton Frech • Season 1 • Episode 27

John Kremer is a Paralympic Sitting Volleyball player. John was born in Middletown, Ohio, and currently lives in Buford, Georgia, with his wife and kids? He served nine years in the US Navy as an explosive ordinance disposal technician, first class. In 2010, he lost both of his legs below the knee when he stepped on a land mine. He’s competed at the Warrior Games in 2013 and 2014, along with the 2014 Invictus Games, helping the US sitting Volleyball team to a silver medal. He competed in the Rio Paralympics and won a silver medal at the 2019 Parapan-American games.

Sports Saved My Life is produced by Angel City Sports
Clayton Frech is the Executive Producer
Dave Pantano is the Producer and Editor
Mackenzie Soldan is in charge of Marketing
Tony Memmel wrote and performed the theme song

About Angel City Sports

Angel City Sports provides free, year-round adaptive sport clinics, equipment, and competitive opportunities for kids, adults, and veterans with physical disabilities or visual impairments. Angel City Sports’ flagship event, the annual Angel City Games presented by The Hartford, debuted in 2015 and is now the largest multi-sport Paralympic competition in the U.S. for kids, adults, and veterans. Participants include, but are not limited to, individuals with limb differences and amputation, spinal cord injury, quadriplegia, spina bifida, cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis, blindness or visual impairment, traumatic brain injury, stroke, muscular dystrophy, and dwarfism or short stature. Ultimately, Angel City Sports is working to create a community and sense of belonging for people with physical disabilities, supporting them to reach their full potential and unlock their dreams through its programming in sport, the arts, health and wellness, higher education, career opportunities, and personal development. To learn more, please visit http://www.angelcitysports.org and follow @angelcitysports on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Linked-in, and YouTube.