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WHEELCHAIR ATHLETES – WOMEN <strong>PROFESSIONAL</strong> ATHLETE FIELDS Tatyana McFadden Country: United States Age: 27 Date of Birth: April 21, 1989 Residence: Clarksville, MD Personal Best: 1:35:06, Boston, MA, 2014 New York City Marathon History: 2015: 1st, 1:43:04; 2014: 1st, 1:42:16; 2013: 1st, 1:59:13; 2011: 3rd, 1:52:52; 2010: 1st, 2:02:22; 2009: 6th, 2:08:05 Career Highlights 2016 Virgin Money London Marathon 1st 1:44:14 2016 Boston Marathon 1st 1:42:16 2015 TCS New York City Marathon 1st 1:43:04 2015 Bank of America Chicago Marathon 1st 1:41:10 2015 Virgin Money London Marathon 1st 1:41:14 McFadden, racing as an NYRR Team for Kids Ambassador, will go for her fourth consecutive and fifth overall title on New York City Marathon course this year. She lowered the event record last year by seven minutes and 20 seconds with a time of 1:43:04, which helped her complete an unprecedented third-straight Grand Slam sweep of the London, Boston, Chicago, and the New York City marathons in a single year. She is coming off a spectacular six-medal Paralympic performance in Rio, including gold medals in the 400, 500, 1500, and 5000-meter events. Her performance brought the most medals for a U.S. track and field athlete at a single Paralympics since 1992. At the Rio 2016 Paralympic Closing Ceremony, she was presented with the Whang Youn Dai Achievement Award, which is given to the athlete who has performed at an outstanding level and defines the Paralympic spirit. McFadden then flew straight from Rio to New York City to announce her return for November’s five-borough marathon, and to lead an NYRR Youth Wheelchair Racing Clinic at PS 333, Manhattan School for Children. She also donated a racing chair to the newly launched NYRR Youth Wheelchair Racing program. McFadden sits atop the current Abbott World Marathon Majors Wheelchair standings with 91 points, having already won the Boston, Virgin Money London, and Bank of America Chicago marathons this year. This summer, she received the ESPY for Best Female Athlete With a Disability in 2016. Born with spina bifida and left at a Russian orphanage as a baby, McFadden was adopted by an American family who introduced her to sports. Her family also helped overrule laws that previously did not allow wheelchair racers and able-bodied runners to compete alongside each other at the high school level in the United States. Nicknamed “The Beast,” McFadden won six gold medals at the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships and was honored as the 2015 Laureus World Sports Award for Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability. MEDIA GUIDE 107
<strong>PROFESSIONAL</strong> ATHLETE FIELDS WHEELCHAIR ATHLETES – WOMEN Amanda McGrory Country: United States Age: 30 Date of Birth: June 9, 1986 Residence: Savoy, IL Personal Best: 1:36:39, Duluth, MN, 2012 New York City Marathon: 2015: 7th, 1:59:40; 2014: 4th, 1:52:40; 2013: 4th, 2:05:06; 2011: 1st, 1:50:24; 2010: 3rd, 2:09:42; 2008: 2nd, 2:11:25; 2007: 3rd, 1:56:09; 2006: 1st, 1:54:17 Career Highlights 2016 Rio Paralympic Marathon 3rd 1:38:45 2015 Virgin Money London Marathon 3rd 1:46:25 2013 Virgin Money London Marathon 2nd 1:46:04 2011 London Marathon 1st 1:46:31 2008 Beijing Paralympic Marathon 2nd 1:46:35 McGrory won her New York City Marathon debut in 2006, and broke the event record by more than two and a half minutes en route to her second five-borough title in 2011. Also in 2011, she won the London and Paris marathons only one week apart, and she earned the bronze medal at the IPC Athletics World Championships Marathon that summer. In the current Abbott World Marathon Majors series, she’s placed fourth in Tokyo (2:10:56), fifth in Boston (1:49:31), fourth in London (1:47:41), third in the Rio Paralympic Marathon (1:38:45), and third in Chicago (1:47:55). This summer, McGrory competed in five events at the Rio Paralympic Games, taking home three medals. She began her medal-winning run with a silver in the 1500 meters, followed by a bronze in the 5000 meters two days earlier, and took another bronze in the marathon on the final day of competition. Now a seven-time Paralympic medalist, McGrory is one of many top wheelchair athletes to have competed on the powerhouse track and field team at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. McGrory has a rare condition called transverse myelitis, having developed paraplegia a day after receiving an allergy shot that inflamed her spinal cord at the age of five. 108 #TCSNYCMARATHON
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