Hannah

Aspden

Quick Facts

• Daughter of TJ and Jennifer Aspden
• Has one brother, Michael, and one sister, Sarah
• Aspden began swimming competitively at the age of eight with the YMCA of the Triangle Area (YOTA) in Raleigh, North Carolina
• She was born with congenital hip disarticulation and has no left leg
• While she enjoyed participating in a variety of sports, swimming came naturally to her at an early age
• She made her first national team at the age of 13 in 2014 by a margin of .01 second
• She has shined since then, representing Team USA at multiple Pan-Pacific and world championships, as well as other international competitions
• Was the youngest Team USA swimmer to earn a medal at either the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games in Rio
• Hobbies include writing, art, reading and photography
• She collects magnets from all of the destinations where she competes
• Has a golden retriever named Max
• Favorite movies are The Avengers and any Marvel Comic movies
• Her favorite kind of music is classic rock.

Paralympic Experience

• 3-time Paralympian; 4-time Paralympic medalist (2 gold, 2 bronze)
• Paralympic Games Paris 2024, 6th (100m Backstroke S9 - Women, 4 x 100m Medley Relay 34 Points - Mixed), 11th (100m Freestyle S9 - Women)
• Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020, (4 x 100m Freestyle Relay 34 Points - Women), gold (100m Backstroke S9 - Women, 4 x 100m Medley Relay 34 Points - Women), 10th (100m Breaststroke SB8 - Women), 11th (100m Freestyle S9 - Women, 200m Individual Medley SM9 - Women)
• Paralympic Games Rio de Janeiro 2016, bronze (100m Backstroke S9 - Women, 4 x 100m Medley Relay 34 Points - Women), 9th (400m Freestyle S9 - Women), 11th (50m Freestyle S9 - Women), 15th (100m Freestyle S9 - Women), 17th (200m Individual Medley SM9 - Women)

World Championships Experience

• Most recent: 2023 – 5th (4 x 100m Medley Relay 34 Points - Mixed), 6th (100m Backstroke S9 - Women), 9th (100m Freestyle S9 - Women), 12th (200m Individual Medley SM9 - Women, 50m Freestyle S9 - Women)
• Years of participation: 100m Backstroke S9 - Women 2015, 2017, 2022, 2023; 100m Freestyle S9 - Women 2015, 2017, 2022, 2023; 200m Individual Medley SM9 - Women 2015, 2022, 2023; 4 x 100m Medley Relay 34 Points - Mixed 2022, 2023; 50m Freestyle S9 - Women 2015, 2017, 2022, 2023; 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay 34 Points - Women 2015, 2017; 4 x 100m Medley Relay 34 Points - Women 2015, 2017; 400m Freestyle S9 - Women 2015, 2017
• Medals: 5 (2 gold, 3 silver)
• Gold – 2017 (4 x 100m Freestyle Relay 34 Points - Women, 4 x 100m Medley Relay 34 Points - Women)
• Silver – 2022 (100m Backstroke S9 - Women); 2017 (100m Backstroke S9 - Women); 2015 (4 x 100m Freestyle Relay 34 Points - Women)