Para Track and Field

Hannah

McFadden

Paralympian 2012, 2016

Athlete Bio#

Height

5'3"

Age

29

Hometown

Clarksville, MD

Education

Atholton High School (Columbia, Md.) ‘14 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign '18, Advertising

classification: T54

Quick Facts
  • Daughter of Deborah McFadden and Bridget O'Shaughnessey
  • Has one older sister, Tatyana and one younger sister, Ruthi
  • Adopted from Durrës, Albania by Deborah McFadden shortly after she was born
  • Born with a bone deformity in her left leg, she is an above-the-knee amputee. Hobbies include rock climbing, swimming, scuba diving, skiing, cooking, and volunteering at the Boys and Girls Club
  • At age 16, she was the youngest member of the U.S. Paralympic Track & Field Team at the London 2012 Paralympic Games, her first international meet
  • Competed with her sister Tatyana McFadden at the 2012 Games, marking the first time siblings have competed together in a Paralympic Games.
Paralympic Experience
  • 2-time Paralympian;
    • Paralympic Games Rio de Janeiro 2016, (4 x 400m Relay T53-54 - Women), 4th (100m T54 - Women), 7th (400m T54 - Women)
    • Paralympic Games London 2012, 8th (100m T54 - Women)
World Championship Experience
  • Most recent: 2019 – 6th (800m T54 - Women), 7th (100m T54 - Women)
  • Years of participation: 100m T54 - Women 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019; 800m T54 - Women 2013, 2015, 2019; 200m T54 - Women 2013, 2015, 2017; 400m T54 - Women 2013, 2015, 2017
  • Medals: 4 (4 bronze)
    • Bronze – 2017 (100m T54 - Women, 200m T54 - Women); 2015 (100m T54 - Women, 200m T54 - Women)

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