Kaitlyn
Eaton

Paralympian 2020, 2024

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Athlete Bio#

Kaitlyn Eaton has a conversation in her USA gear

Height

4'8"

Age

Hometown

Houston, TX

Education

University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

Classification: 1.5

Quick Facts

Daughter of Jill Eaton
Has a brother, Josh, and a twin sister, Kelsey
Born with sacral agenesis and is missing her entire sacrum
Began playing basketball as a high school sophomore in 2010
Played with the TIRR Memorial Hermann Junior Houston Hotwheels from 2010 to 2012
Hobbies include watching sports, binge watching Netflix, especially really bad romantic comedies and hanging out with friends and family.

Paralympic Experience

2-time Paralympian; 2-time Paralympic medalist (1 silver, 1 bronze)

Paralympic Games Paris 2024, silver (Team - Women)
Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020, bronze (Team - Women)

World Championships Experience

Most recent: 2018 – 6th (Team - Women)
Years of participation: Team - Women 2018
Top finish: 6th – 2018 (Team - Women)

Athlete News#

Meet The 12 Members Of The U.S. Paralympic Women’s Wheelchair Basketball Team
The U.S. women’s wheelchair basketball team in Tokyo will return just three players from the team that won it all in 2016, but that doesn’t mean the squad lacks for experience. Six newcomers were on the 2019 Parapan American Games team that won the si...
Jul 12, 2021

Kaitlyn Eaton Photos#

5 photos

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