Emmy Kaiser

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Emmy Kaiser (born May 16, 1990) is an American wheelchair tennis player.

Biography

Kaiser was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. A graduate of St. Henry High School, she is a 2011 Parapan American Games gold medalist for doubles wheelchair tennis and silver medalist for singles. She resides at Fort Mitchell, Kentucky and is living with spina bifida.{{cite news|author=Terry Boehmker|url=https://www.nkytribune.com/2016/01/fort-mitchell-woman-named-player-of-the-year-in-womens-wheelchair-tennis/|title=Fort Mitchell resident named Player of the Year by international tennis organization|work=Northern Kentucky Tribune|date=January 26, 2016|accessdate=January 27, 2019}} She has a bachelor's degree in psychology and attended Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana for a degree in exercise and sport psychology in which she got enrolled right after the 2012 Summer Paralympics. Her passion for such career persuasion started at the age of 14 when she met sports psychologist during a training session at the U.S. Paralympic Junior National team.{{cite web|url=https://www.teamusa.org/US-Paralympics/Features/2012/September/01/Photo-finish-Emmy-Kaiser.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120901232132/http://www2.teamusa.org/US-Paralympics/Features/2012/September/01/Photo-finish-Emmy-Kaiser.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 1, 2012|title=Emmy Kaiser|publisher=United States Paralympic Committee|work=Team USA|date=September 1, 2012|accessdate=January 27, 2019}} Her tennis passion was inspired after she saw a tennis player named Esther Vergeer.{{cite web|url=http://chrisoddothewriter.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/emmykaiser.pdf|author=Chris Oddo|title=Emmy Kaiser: America's top-ranked female wheelchair player has her sights set on the 2012 London Paralympic games}} In 2012, she was defeated by Lucy Shuker of Great Britain with 6–0, 6–2 loss in London Paralympic Games.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/sep/03/paralympics-2012-wheelchair-tennis|title=Paralympics 2012: Quad pairing reach wheelchair tennis finals|work=The Guardian|date=September 3, 2012|accessdate=January 27, 2019}} In 2014, she lost to Jordanne Whiley with the score being 6–2 twice.{{cite news|newspaper=Halesowen News|date=March 27, 2014|accessdate=January 27, 2019|url=http://www.halesowennews.co.uk/sport/11107134.More_success_for_Jordanne_Whiley/|title=More success for Jordanne Whiley}}

In 2016 Kaiser was named Player of the Year by the International Tennis Federation and in 2017 she was inducted into the Northern Kentucky Sports Hall of Fame.{{cite news|url=https://www.nkytribune.com/2017/05/wheelchair-tennis-player-will-be-among-n-ky-sports-hall-of-fame-award-winners-on-june-3/|author=Terry Boehmker|title=Wheelchair tennis player will be among N. Ky. Sports Hall of Fame award-winners on June 3|work=Northern Kentucky Tribune|date=May 18, 2017|accessdate=January 27, 2019}}