{{short description|American Paralympic footballer}} {{about||the baseball player|T.J. Bennett}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Tyler Bennett | image = | image_size = | caption = | full_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|6|27}} | birth_place = Akron, Ohio, U.S. | height = 5 ft 9 in | weight = | country = {{USA}} | sport = CP soccer | event = | coach = | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|CP soccer}} {{MedalCompetition|CPISRA Football 7-a-side American Cup}} {{MedalSilver|2010 Buenos Aires|Team}} }}
'''Tyler Bennett''' (born June 27, 1992<ref name=teamusa/>) is an American Paralympic footballer from Akron, Ohio<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ussoccer.com/players/b/tyler-bennett#tab-1 |title=Tyler Bennett |publisher=US Soccer |accessdate=April 19, 2018}}</ref> who won a silver medal in 2010 at the 2010 CPISRA Football 7-a-side American Cup.<ref name=teamusa>{{cite web |url=https://www.teamusa.org/Athletes/BE/Tyler-Bennett |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203180251/http://www.teamusa.org/Athletes/BE/Tyler-Bennett |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 3, 2016 |title=Tyler Bennett |publisher=United States Olympic Committee |work=Team USA |accessdate=April 19, 2018}}</ref> He also competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.uakron.edu/im/news/ua-s-tyler-bennett-reaching-for-the-gold-at-2016-paralympic-games/ |title=UA's Tyler Bennett reaching for the gold at 2016 Paralympic Games |publisher=University of Akron |date=September 6, 2016 |accessdate=April 19, 2018}}</ref> He used to attend University of Akron<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ncaa.org/champion/new-goal-shoot |title=A New Goal To Shoot For |author=Brian Burnsed |publisher=NCAA |date=October 18, 2017 |accessdate=April 19, 2018}}</ref> and as of 2017 he began attending Clemson University where he joined a soccer residency program for Paralympic athletes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://newsstand.clemson.edu/mediarelations/clemson-soccer-residency-program-welcomes-paralympic-athletes-as-its-first-students/ |author=Michael Staton |title=Clemson soccer residency program welcomes Paralympic athletes as its first students |date=November 21, 2017 |accessdate=April 19, 2018}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{U.S. Soccer player|b/tyler-bennett}} * {{Team USA|new_id=tyler-bennett|old_id=Tyler-Bennett|sport=para-soccer|archive=20230331170734}} * {{IPC|tyler-bennett}}
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