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Susannah Scaroni

Susannah Scaroni

American Paralympic athlete

Susannah Scaroni (born May 16, 1991) is an American Paralympic athlete.[1] She won the gold medal in the women's 5000 meters T54 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan.[2] She also represented the United States at the 2012 Summer Paralympics and at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.[1]

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Early life

Scaroni injured her spinal cord at the T12 vertebra in a car accident when she was five years old, and had to use a wheelchair thereafter.[3]

Career

At the 2012 Summer Paralympics, she finished in 8th place in the women's marathon T54 event.[1] Four years later, she also competed in the same event finishing in 7th place.[1] She also competed in the women's 800 meters T54 event at the 2016 Summer Paralympics where she did not qualify to compete in the final.

In 2018, she won the Peachtree Road Race held in Atlanta, Georgia in the wheelchair category with a time of 22:49.05.

In 2019, she competed at the World Para Athletics Championships winning the bronze medals in the women's 5000 m T54 and women's 800 m T54 events.

She represented the United States at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan.[4]

In 2022 she won the 2022 Open Women's Division of the Shepherd Center Wheelchair Division of the AJC Peachtree Road Race in Atlanta with the time 21:14.71 setting a new course record.

She trains with the University of Illinois wheelchair racing team.

Marathons

Scaroni at the 2017 London Marathon

Scaroni has also competed in numerous marathon competitions including most marathons that are part of the World Marathon Majors.

In the Chicago Marathon she won 1st place in 2022, and finished in 2nd place in the 2012, 3rd in the 2018 and 4th in 2019.

In the London Marathon Scaroni also finished in 7th place both in 2013 and 2016, 4th in 2014, 5th in 2015, and 3rd both in 2017 and 2018.

In the Boston Marathon she ended up in 3rd place in 2014, 2015 and 2017, 4th in 2016, 2nd in 2018, and 1st place in 2023.

In the Tokyo Marathon Scaroni ended it in 5th place in 2018 and 3rd in 2019.[5]

In 2019, she also ended in 3rd in the New York City Marathon.[6]

In 2013 and 2014, Scaroni won the Los Angeles Marathon in the wheelchair category.

She was placed 6th in the women's marathon T54 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan.

Achievements

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References

  1. [1]
    "Susannah Scaroni". Team USA. Archived from the original on October 25, 2015. Retrieved January 7, 2020.
  2. [2]
    Houston, Michael (August 28, 2021). "British sprinters grab gold on day two of athletics at Tokyo 2020 Paralympics". Inside the Games. Retrieved August 28, 2021.
  3. [3]
    Picklesimer, Phyllis (August 17, 2012). "U of I dietetics student will race in Paralympics". College of Agricultural, Consumer & Environmental Sciences. University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
  4. [4]
    Rowbottom, Mike (October 15, 2019). "United States pick first wheelchair marathon athletes for Tokyo 2020". Inside the Games. Retrieved January 6, 2020.
  5. [5]
    "Women's wheelchair race" (PDF). 2018 Tokyo Marathon. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 27, 2018. Retrieved June 28, 2020.
  6. [6]
    "2019 New York City Marathon Results". NBC Sports. November 3, 2019. Archived from the original on November 12, 2019. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
  7. [7]
    "The 41st Oita International Wheelchair Marathon Report". Globel Honda. Honda. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
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