Jen Armbruster

Jennifer "Jen" Armbruster (born February 12, 1975 in Taipei) is an American goalball player.

Early life
Born to Ken Armbruster whom served as Head Coach for the U.S. Women’s Goalball Team from 1996 to 2016. Armbruster began losing her vision at 14, but continued to play in her school's basketball team, but her vision loss progressed to the point of being legally blind. She later lost her vision completely and therefore did not join the military like her father. Instead she found success in goalball and played at the 1992 Summer Paralympics and several Paralympic Games since. She has won a gold medal.

Career
Armbruster was introduced to paralympic in 1990. In 1992, she competed in her first Paralympic Games. In 1996, she was part of the Team USA at the Atlanta where the team earned bronze.

At the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games, she helped the team to win silver medal after which she was elected flag bearer by all of the U.S. Paralympic team.

Personal life
She was married to fellow teammate Asya Miller. Her current wife is Jackie Bower, whom she shares a son and 3 other children with.