Matthew Bulow

{{short description|American paralympic athlete and sitting volleyball player}}

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|name = Matthew Bulow

|country = {{USA}}

|sport = Para-athletics
Sitting volleyball

|spouse = Lacey Bulow{{Cite web|url=https://www.bulowops.com/about/team/matthew-bulow-c-p/|title=Matthew Bulow, C.P.|work=Bulow Orthotic & Prosthetic Solutions|access-date=October 16, 2022}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/113398887/|title=Standing tall|work=The Tennessean|location=Nashville, Tennessee|date=May 14, 1996|access-date=October 16, 2022|page=24|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Closed access}}

|children = 3

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Matthew Bulow is an American paralympic athlete and volleyball player.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/113044553/|title=Bulow's longest jump|first=Andy|last=Humbles|work=The Tennessean|location=Nashville, Tennessee|date=October 13, 1993|access-date=October 16, 2022|page=127|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Closed access}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/113678646/|title=Paralympics|work=The Tennessean|location=Nashville, Tennessee|date=August 19, 1996|access-date=October 16, 2022|page=18|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Closed access}} He participated at the 1988, 1992 and 1996 Summer Paralympics.{{Cite web|url=https://www.paralympic.org/matthew-bulow|title=Matthew Bulow|work=International Paralympic Committee|access-date=October 16, 2022}}

Life and career

Bulow is the son of Frank Bulow. He had his right leg removed after being diagnosed with bone cancer at the age of fourteen.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/113189612/|title=Out of loss, Bulow gains will to complete|first=Kim|last=Swint|work=The Tennessean|location=Nashville, Tennessee|date=September 6, 1995|access-date=October 16, 2022|page=10|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Closed access}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/754195398/|title=Handicap can't stop Nashville player|first=Evan|last=Woodbery|work=The State|location=Columbia, South Carolina|date=July 26, 2004|access-date=October 16, 2022|page=20|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Closed access}} After it was removed, he wore a prosthetic leg. Bulow attended Tennessee Technological University, where he earned his bachelor's degree. While there he was a member of the Golden Eagles tennis team, which won the 1988 U.S. National Amputee tennis championship.

Bulow represented the United States at the 1988 Summer Paralympics. He won the bronze medal in the men's long jump A4/A9 event, and the bronze medal in the men's 4×100 m relay A2/A4–7 event, along with Ronnie Alsup, Rick Hoang and Dennis Oehler.{{Cite web|url=https://www.paralympic.org/seoul-1988/results|title=Seoul 1988 Paralympic Games Results|work=International Paralympic Committee|access-date=October 16, 2022}} He also competed in the men's 100 m and 200 m A4/A9 events, and the men's sitting volleyball.

Bulow also competed at the 1992 Summer Paralympics, winning bronze medals in the men's long jump J2 event,{{Cite web|url=https://www.paralympic.org/barcelona-1992/results|title=Barcelona 1992 Paralympic Games Results|work=International Paralympic Committee|access-date=October 16, 2022}} and (along with Thomas Bourgeois, Dennis Oehler and Douglas Collier) in the men's 4×100 m relay T42–46.{{Cite web|url=https://www.paralympic.org/atlanta-1996/results|title=Atlanta 1996 Paralympic Games Results|work=International Paralympic Committee|access-date=October 16, 2022}} He competed in the men's 100 m and 200 m TS2 events, and the men's long jump F44 event at the 1996 Summer Paralympics.