Athlete Bio#
Height
5'6"
Age
27
Hometown
Palo Alto, CA
Education
Henry Gunn High School (Palo Alto, California) ‘16 Pomona College '20
classification: T47
Quick Facts
- Daughter of Jeff Watt and Gwen Liang
- Born without part of her left arm
- Started soccer in kindergarten and continued playing through sophomore year high school
- Joined track & field in seventh grade
- Aspires to be a veterinarian
- In 2014, she discovered the Paralympic track and field watching a friend compete at the U.S. Paralympics Track and Field National Championships in San Mateo, California and was invited to run in the 4x100m relay
- Competes on the Pomona-Pitzer Varsity Women's Track & Field Team
- Speaks Mandarin Chinese.
Career Highlights
- 2016 U.S. Paralympic Team Trials - Track & Field, 1st (400m), 2nd (long jump), 3rd (100m, 200m)
Paralympic Experience
- 2-time Paralympian;
- Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020, 5th (Long Jump T47 - Women)
- Paralympic Games Rio de Janeiro 2016, 6th (400m T47 - Women, Long Jump T47 - Women), 10th (100m T47 - Women)
World Championship Experience
- Most recent: 2019 – 8th (Long Jump T47 - Women)
- Years of participation: Long Jump T47 - Women 2015, 2019; 100m T47 - Women 2015; 200m T47 - Women 2015; 400m T47 - Women 2015
- Top finish: 5th – 2015 (400m T47 - Women)
