Matt Bulow was a four-year letter-winner on the Golden Eagle tennis team and a world-class athlete in paralympic track & field, achieving his success despite battling cancer when he was 14 years old and losing his leg below the knee.

He was named to the first Ohio Valley Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll in 1987, and in 1997 was selected winner of Tech’s Outstanding Young Alumnus Award.

After posting a 12-3 record in singles play at Cookeville High School, Bulow’s winning continued at Tech. In his first two seasons, he was 10-0 in singles and 9-1 in doubles action and won the team’s Most Improved Player award.

Bulow posted perfect 5-0 records in both singles and doubles play as a sophomore, helping the Golden Eagles run through the Ohio Valley Conference with a 7-0 regular season record. The team snapped Murray State’s record 59-match OVC winning streak, and went on to finish second in the league tournament. That team was also unbeaten at home with a 9-0 record.

Bulow’s tennis success also includes winning the singles championship in 1991 and the 1992 doubles title at the Nashville Open. In 1988, he was the U.S. National Amputee tennis champion.

In addition to tennis, he has also achieved success on a world-class scale in track & field, including holding a Paralympics world record for four years.

In 1988, Bulow was named to the U.S. Paralympic team and competed in the U.S. Track & Field team at the ’88 Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea. Running in the 100-meter, 200-meter, 4x100-meter relay and long jump events. He also won three silver medals at the ’88 Ontario Provincial Games.

In 1992, he won a bronze in the long jump at the Barcelona Paralympic Games, and in 1993 he captured the gold medal and set the world record in the long jump at the World Championships in Germany. He repeated as the gold medal winner in Germany in 1994, and held the world record until it was broken at the 1996 Olympics.

At the Atlanta Olympic Games in ’96, Bulow was part of the bronze medal 4x100 relay team.