Vica Beelner

Impairment information

Type of Impairment

Short stature

Classification

S5, SB5, SM5

Further personal information

Residence

Decatur, GA, USA

Languages

English

Sport specific information

Club / Team

Dynamo Swim Club: Atlanta, GA, USA

Name of coach

Sam Mashburn [club]; Nick Graves [club]

General interest

Awards and honours

She was presented with a Golden Peach Award in 2018 by Georgia Swimming. (Instagram profile, 14 Apr 2018)

Other sports

She competed in table tennis at the 2013 World Dwarf Games in East Lansing, MI, United States of America. (2013worlddwarfgames.org, 10 Aug 2013)

Famous relatives

Her father Aaron Beelner, who adopted her in 2005, is an actor and also a person of short stature. He was the lead in the 2013 film The Little Tin Man, and has also worked as a stand-in for actors such as Peter Dinklage. (lemarssentinel, 08 Dec 2006; imdb.com, 10 May 2017)

Ambitions

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (Instagram profile, 14 Apr 2018)

Impairment

She is a person of short stature. (2013worlddwarfgames.org, Aug 2013)

Other information

FROM RUSSIA TO THE UNITED STATES
Her parents adopted her from the Russian Federation in 2005 and brought her to live in Atlanta, GA, United States of America. "Her real name is Victoria, but we call her 'Vica' for short," said her father Aaron. (lemarssentinel.com, 08 Dec 2006)