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Full name is Charles Freeman Swearingen... Father Gene Swearingen died in 2013, Mother is Jan Swearingen... Has a sister named Susan Scott... Wife is Marge Fraser Swearingen... Admires his parents for "ommitting the words disability and failure while raising me and highlighting the word love."

Career Highlights

2019 - Parapan American Games (Silver)
2016 - ParaVolley Intercontinental Cup (6th Place)
2015 - Parapan American Games (Silver)
2012: Intercontinental Cup in Cairo, Egypt.
2011: Parapan American Games (Silver); Continental Cup; Sarajevo Open
2010: Parapan American Championship (Silver Medal); WOVD World Cup (Fifth Place)
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DID YOU KNOW?
Charlie was born without ankle bones or the small, non-weight bearing fibula bone in his lower legs
He is a certified flight paramedic, and has worked a variety of disasters, including the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina
Charlie played baseball through college. He also played beach volleyball on the Mississippi Gulf Coast
Charlie found out about sitting volleyball in 2009 while attending the Endeavor Games in Edmond, Okla.
Charlie is working on his PhD in physiology at the University of Mississippi Medical Center

Paralympic Experience

2016: Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro (8th Place)

World Championship Experience

2018: World ParaVolley World Championships (8th)
2014 : World ParaVolley World Championships (10th Place)
2010: Sitting World Championships (10th Place)

More

Sitting Update: International reffing, blogging part of Rio prep
When not Sitting, Swearingen flies
Air Methods: Charlie Swearingen: A Defenders of Tomorrow Story
The Oklahoman: Oklahoma City's 'Secret Millionaire' stars hope donations lead to awareness of disabilities

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2024 Paralympic Games - Sitting Volleyball

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