Biography
Impairment information
Type of Impairment
Spinal Cord Injuries
Origin of Impairment
Congenital
Classification
T53
Further personal information
Residence
Tucson, AZ, USA
Occupation
Student
Languages
English
Higher education
Public Policy and Administration - University of Arizona: Tucson, AZ, USA
Sport specific information
When and where did you begin this sport?
She began competing at age 10.
Why this sport?
She was introduced to athletics through the Wheels on Fire basketball team in San Jose, CA, United States of America.
Club / Team
University of Arizona Adaptive Athletics Track and Field Team: Tucson, AZ, USA
General interest
Hero / Idol
US wheelchair racer Jean Driscoll. (svcn.com, 28 Jun 2007)
Famous relatives
Her grandfather played basketball for Georgetown University in the 1943 National Collegiate Athletic Association [NCAA] Championship game in New York, NY, United States of America. (running.competitor.com, 12 Oct 2012)
Impairment
She was born three weeks premature with paralysis from the waist down. At age three she had several surgical procedures, during which doctors fused rods to her spine to stabilise it. (racerswest.com, 15 Aug 2011; US Paralympics, 22 Jan 2011)
Results
Unit | Date | Rank |
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Event | Medal | Unit | Date | Rank |
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Women's 100 m T53 | Final Round | 6 | ||
Women's 800 m T53 | Final Round | 6 | ||
Women's 800 m T53 | Heat 2 | 2 | ||
Women's 400 m T53 | Final Round | 5 | ||
Women's 400 m T53 | Heat 2 | 2 |
Event | Medal | Unit | Date | Rank |
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Women's Marathon T54 | Final Round | 7 | ||
Women's 5000 m T54 | Final Round | 8 | ||
Women's 1500 m T54 | Final Round | 7 | ||
Women's 1500 m T54 | Heat 1 | 5 |
Event | Medal | Unit | Date | Rank |
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Women's 100 m T53 | Heat 1 | 2011-01-22 | 4 | |
Women's 100 m T53 | Final | 2011-01-23 | 8 | |
Women's 4x400 m T53/54 | Final | 2011-01-27 | 2 |
Event | Medal | Unit | Date | Rank |
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Women's 5000 m T54 | Heat 2 | 2012-08-31 | 6 | |
Women's 5000 m T54 | Final Round | 2012-09-02 | 2 | |
Women's 800 m T53 | Final Round | 2012-09-05 | 6 | |
Women's 1500 m T54 | Heat 2 | 2012-09-06 | 2 | |
Women's 1500 m T54 | Final Round | 2012-09-07 | 3 | |
Women's 400 m T53 | Final Round | 2012-09-08 | 4 | |
Women's Marathon T54 | Final Round | 2012-09-09 | 1 |
Event | Medal | Unit | Date | Rank |
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Women's 5000 m T54 | Semifinal 1 | 2013-07-20 | 1 | |
Women's 5000 m T54 | Final 1 | 2013-07-21 | 7 | |
Women's 800 m T53 | Semifinal 2 | 2013-07-22 | 1 | |
Women's 800 m T53 | Final 1 | 2013-07-23 | 4 | |
Women's 1500 m T54 | Semifinal 2 | 2013-07-24 | 1 | |
Women's 1500 m T54 | Final 1 | 2013-07-25 | 6 | |
Women's 400 m T53 | Semifinal 2 | 2013-07-26 | 2 | |
Women's 400 m T53 | Final 1 | 2013-07-27 | 2 |
Event | Medal | Unit | Date | Rank |
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Women's 400 m T53 | Heat 2 | 2015-10-25 | 5 | |
Women's 400 m T53 | Final 1 | 2015-10-25 | 5 | |
Women's 800 m T53 | Heat 1 | 2015-10-26 | 4 | |
Women's 800 m T53 | Final 1 | 2015-10-27 | 8 |
Event | Medal | Unit | Date | Rank |
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Women's 400 m T53 | Heat 1 | 2016-09-10 | 2 | |
Women's 400 m T53 | Final Round | 2016-09-11 | 5 | |
Women's 800 m T53 | Final Round | 2016-09-17 | 3 | |
Women's 800 m T53 | Heat 2 | 2016-09-17 | 4 | |
Women's Marathon T54 | Final Round | 2016-09-18 | 5 |