Personal

George first started racing at age seven before getting serious in the sport during his junior and senior years at Herndon High School in Virginia...He’s been paralyzed from the mid-chest down since falling out of his 12th-story bedroom window when he was four years old in Washington D.C. George quickly took to sports, participating in basketball, track & field, archery, table tennis and swimming with a wheelchair sports organization for children in Baltimore, Maryland...At the University of Illinois, George focused on wheelchair racing after winning two bronze medals at the Athens 2004 Paralympic Game...Since then, George has been a double threat on the track and the roads, winning some of the world’s most celebrated marathons...Son of Scott and Marjorie George, he has one younger brother, Jeremy, and one younger sister, Jennifer...Currently lives and trains in Champaign, Illinois while working for start-up company IntelliWheels Inc...Hobbies include writing, reading, ping pong, watching movies from Mel Brooks or the Coen brothers and rooting for most Washington D.C. teams, including the Redskins, Capitals and Wizards...Admires other elite athletes Tim Duncan, Roger Federer and U.S. Paralympian Krige Schabort...Has blogged for the New York Times...Enjoys literature by Ronald Dahl, David Foster Wallace and Richard Powers.

Paralympic Experience

5-time Paralympian; 5-time Paralympic medalist (1 gold, 1 silver, 3 bronze)

Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020, 9th (400m T53 - Men), 11th (800m T53 - Men)
Paralympic Games Rio de Janeiro 2016, (Marathon T54 - Men), 5th (5000m T54 - Men, 800m T53 - Men), 7th (400m T53 - Men), 13th (1500m T54 - Men)
Paralympic Games London 2012, bronze (800m T53 - Men), 5th (400m T53 - Men), 6th (4 x 400m Relay T53-54 - Men), 9th (200m T53 - Men), 15th (1500m T54 - Men), 20th (Marathon T54 - Men)
Paralympic Games Beijing 2008, gold (100m T53 - Men), silver (800m T53 - Men), 4th (200m T53 - Men), 5th (4 x 400m Relay T53-54 - Men), 12th (400m T53 - Men), 17th (Marathon T54 - Men), 20th (1500m T54 - Men)
Paralympic Games Athens 2004, (4 x 100m Relay T53-54 - Men, 800m T53 - Men, Marathon T54 - Men), bronze (100m T53 - Men, 400m T53 - Men), 5th (200m T53 - Men), 7th (4 x 400m Relay T53-54 - Men)

World Championship Experience

Most recent: 2019 – 7th (800m T53 - Men), 19th (1500m T54 - Men, 5000m T54 - Men), 23th (Marathon T54 - Men)
Years of participation: 1500m T54 - Men 2013, 2019; 5000m T54 - Men 2013, 2019; 800m T53 - Men 2006, 2013, 2019; Marathon T54 - Men 2006, 2013, 2019; Marathon T53/54 - Men 2015; 400m T53 - Men 2006, 2013; 100m T53 - Men 2006; 200m T53 - Men 2006; 4 x 100m Relay T53-54 - Men 2006; 4 x 400m Relay T53-54 - Men 2006; Team - Men 2006
Medals: 8 (6 gold, 2 silver)

Gold – 2015 (Marathon T53/54 - Men); 2013 (800m T53 - Men); 2006 (100m T53 - Men, 200m T53 - Men, 400m T53 - Men, 800m T53 - Men)
Silver – 2006 (4 x 100m Relay T53-54 - Men, Team - Men)

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2024 U.S. PARALYMPIC TEAM TRIALS – TRACK & FIELD

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