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Para-Rowing

Hallie Smith

Paralympian 2020

Athlete Bio#

Height

5'5"

Age

31

Hometown

Washington, D.C., WA

Education

St. Stephen's and St. Agnes School Smith College ’15, Psychology

Personal
Enjoys comic books, baking, NHL and NWHL hockey…Likes to fix things and do her own wheelchair adjustments and repairs…Became paralyzed in May of 2014 due to hereditary spastic paraplegia… In January of 2016, she was at a workout class at MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital in Washington, D.C., and the rowing coach approached her and asked if she wanted to try the erg...Two weeks later, she won her category at the Mid-Atlantic Erg Sprints, and a month-and-a-half after that, she hit the USRowing elite standard time for a 1k (the Paralympic distance at the time)…Daughter of Joe and Vicky Smith and sister of Naval flight officer Tom Smith.
Paralympic Experience
  • 1-time Paralympian;
    • Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020, 10th (PR1 Single Sculls - Women)
World Championship Experience
  • Most recent: 2019 – 6th (PR1 Single Sculls - Women)
  • Years of participation: PR1 Single Sculls - Women 2017, 2018, 2019
  • Medals: 1 (1 bronze)
    • Bronze – 2018 (PR1 Single Sculls - Women)
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