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Biography
Impairment information
Type of Impairment
Limb deficiency
Origin of Impairment
Congenital
Classification
S8, SB7, SM8
Further personal information
Occupation
Student
Languages
English
Higher education
Stanford University: United States
Sport specific information
When and where did you begin this sport?
She began swimming at age eight.
Why this sport?
She feels free when she is in the water.
Club / Team
Stanford University: United States
Name of coach
Greg Meehan [club]
General interest
Hobbies
Volunteering. (coloradoleague.org, 06 Feb 2015)
Sporting philosophy / motto
"Why are you trying so hard to fit in when you were born to stand out?" (Twitter profile, 10 Dec 2015)
Awards and honours
In May 2011 she received the John Lynch Foundation Exceptional Star Of The Year Award. (castlepinesconnection.com, 28 May 2011)
She was named the 2011 Colorado Disability Swimmer Of The Year in the United States of America. (coloradoswimming.com, 11 Nov 2011)
She was named the 2011 Colorado Disability Swimmer Of The Year in the United States of America. (coloradoswimming.com, 11 Nov 2011)
Impairment
She has had a bilateral below knee amputation. Her condition was caused by fibular hemimelia and amniotic band syndrome before birth. (myfeetdontstink.com, 28 Feb 2013)
Other information
OTHER ACTIVITIES
She has set up a foundation called 'My Feet Don't Stink'. The organisation aims to empower young girls with an impairment. (coloradoleague.org, 06 Feb 2015; myfeetdontstink.com, 28 Feb 2013)
She has set up a foundation called 'My Feet Don't Stink'. The organisation aims to empower young girls with an impairment. (coloradoleague.org, 06 Feb 2015; myfeetdontstink.com, 28 Feb 2013)
Results
| Unit | Date | Rank |
|---|
| Event | Medal | Unit | Date | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 400 m Freestyle S8 | Final Round | 2012-08-31 | 5 | |
| Women's 400 m Freestyle S8 | Heat 2 | 2012-08-31 | 5 |
| Event | Medal | Unit | Date | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 100 m Butterfly S8 | Final 1 | 2015-07-13 | 7 | |
| Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM8 | Final 1 | 2015-07-15 | 6 | |
| Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM8 | Heat 1 | 2015-07-15 | 5 | |
| Women's 100 m Freestyle S8 | Final 1 | 2015-07-16 | 7 | |
| Women's 100 m Freestyle S8 | Heat 2 | 2015-07-16 | 6 | |
| Women's 400 m Freestyle S8 | Heat 1 | 2015-07-17 | 5 | |
| Women's 400 m Freestyle S8 | Final 1 | 2015-07-17 | 6 | |
| Women's 50 m Freestyle S8 | Heat 1 | 2015-07-19 | 11 |
| Event | Medal | Unit | Date | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 400 m Freestyle S8 | Heat 1 | 2016-09-08 | 3 | |
| Women's 400 m Freestyle S8 | Final Round | 2016-09-08 | 7 | |
| Women's 100 m Butterfly S8 | Heat 1 | 2016-09-09 | 6 | |
| Women's 100 m Freestyle S8 | Heat 2 | 2016-09-11 | 5 | |
| Women's 50 m Freestyle S8 | Heat 2 | 2016-09-16 | 7 |