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Height
5'4"
Age
31
Hometown
Santa Monica, CA
Education
North Fort Myers High School (North Fort Myers, Fla.) ‘12 University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign ‘16, Business Administration
Classification: T54
Quick Facts
- Daughter of Eric and Krista Rausin
- Has a brother, Kai
- Involved in a car accident in November 2003 that paralyzed her from the waist down at age 10
- Founded Ingenium Manufacturing in August 2016, a company that develops wheelchair racing gloves from 3D printers
- Her mother is an author and has published two children’s fantasy books, crediting her daughter as the inspiration for the books as the stories’ main protagonists are young girls that use a wheelchair
- Saw another wheelchair racer for the first time while running a 15K in Tampa where she met University of Illinois coach and Paralympian Adam Bleakney
- Hobbies include reading, writing, drinking coffee and creating new recipes.
World Championship Experience
- Most recent: 2019 – 9th (Marathon T54 - Women), 10th (5000m T54 - Women)
- Years of participation: 5000m T54 - Women 2019; Marathon T54 - Women 2019
- Top finish: 9th – 2019 (Marathon T54 - Women)
Career Highlights
- ParaPan American Games, Lima, 2019 (5000m T54 - Women, 1500m T54 - Women, 800m T54 - Women)
