ParalympianPara Track and Field

Hannah Dederick

Paralympian 2020

Event Schedule

Upcoming Event

2023 Parapan American Games - Para Track and Field

November 17, 2023 - November 26, 2023 | Santiago, Chile

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Previous Event

Paris 2023 Para Athletics World Championships

July 8 - 17, 2023 | Paris, France

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Athlete Bio

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Height

5'5"

Birthday

Nov 20, 2002

Hometown

Mead, WA

Education

University of Illinois

classification: T54

Personal

Daughter of Don and Lori Dederick and has five siblings - Caleb, Courtney, Heather, Jonathan and Stephen...Born with spina bifida...Abandoned at the steps of a hospital in Suzhou, China and adopted from an orphanage by a volunteer from the United States, Lori...Known as “Princess” in her orphanage...Hobbies include photography, traveling, watching movies, listening to music and playing with animals...Learned about wheelchair track in 2015 through Shriners Children’s Hospital, which connected her with ParaSport Spokane...Also plays wheelchair basketball.

Career Highlights

2019 World Para Athletics Junior Championships, gold (100-meter, 200-meter, 400-meter, 800-meter)
2018 Arizona Grand Prix, gold (200-meter, 5,000-meter), silver (1,500-meter), bronze (100-meter, 400-meter, 800-meter)
2017 World Para Athletics Junior Championships, gold (100-meter, 200-meter, 400-meter, 800-meter), silver (1,500-meter)

Paralympic Experience

One-time Paralympian (2020)
Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020, 4th (100-meter), prelims (400-meter)

World Championship Experience

Most Recent: 2023 – 6th (100-meter); 7th (800-meter)
Years of Participation: 2019, 2023
Top Finish: 6th – 2019 (100-meter)