Lonnie Hannah

Lonnie Hannah II is an American former ice sledge hockey player. He won medals with Team USA at the 2002 Winter Paralympics and 2006 Winter Paralympics.

Life and career

As a child, Hannah was a roller skating champion.
At 20 years old, he was injured at work by a falling shelving unit which broke three vertebrae and paralyzed him from the waist down. He was diagnosed with melanoma in 2005.
He won three national wheelchair tennis championships. In 1996, he was named Player of the Year by the National Foundation of Wheelchair Tennis.