Para Sprinter Femita Ayanbeku On Body Positivity, Overcoming Disappointment & Her Road to Paris
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Height
5'7"
Age
33
Hometown
Boston, MA
Education
American International College (Springfield, Mass.)
Classification: T64
Quick Facts
- Daughter of Wendy Lorquet and Marcus Ayanbeku
- Has seven siblings: Sendy, Dolly, Kassy, Wendy, Andy, Bolaji, and Shalewa
- Lost her right leg below-the-knee after a car accident when she was 11 years old
- President and founder of a non-profit organization Limb-it-less Creations Inc. dedicated to creating awareness and providing support to the amputee community
- Introduced to the Paralympic Movement in 2015 through U.S. teammate Jerome Singleton, who she trains with at the Reggie Lewis Center in Boston
- Grew up playing basketball
Paralympic Experience
- 3-time Paralympian;
- Paralympic Games Paris 2024, 6th (100m T64 - Women)
- Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020, 9th (200m T64 - Women), 11th (100m T64 - Women)
- Paralympic Games Rio de Janeiro 2016, 6th (200m T44 - Women), 12th (100m T44 - Women)
World Championships Experience
- Most recent: 2019 – bronze (200m T64 - Women), 4th (100m T64 - Women)
- Years of participation: 100m T64 - Women 2019; 200m T64 - Women 2019; 100m T44 - Women 2017; 200m T44 - Women 2017
- Medals: 1 (1 bronze)
- Bronze – 2019 (200m T64 - Women)
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