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George

Quick Facts

• 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)