Kelsey
LeFevour

Paralympian 2016, 2020

Athlete Bio#

Height

4'3"

Age

Hometown

Chicago, IL

Education

Resurrection High School (Chicago, Illinois) ‘07 University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign ’11, Media Studies; University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign ‘14, Recreation, Sport, and Tourism; University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign ‘20, Sport Management (PhD) ‘20

Classification: T53

Quick Facts

Daughter of Brian Lefevour and Karen Allabastro
Has one younger sister, Grace
Born with spinal deformities scoliosis, kyphosis and diastematomyelia
Had never participated in competitive wheelchair racing until enrolling at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 2007
Began wheelchair sports to help build her confidence and self-esteem
Researching the transition of elite athletes and retirement from sport in her PhD program at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign.
Hobbies include skiing, playing with her dog and listening to country music
She enjoys reading, photography, live music, travel.

Paralympic Experience

2-time Paralympian;

Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020, 8th (100m T53 - Women), 11th (400m T53 - Women)
Paralympic Games Rio de Janeiro 2016, 7th (100m T53 - Women), 12th (400m T53 - Women), 13th (800m T53 - Women)

World Championship Experience

Most recent: 2019 – 7th (100m T53 - Women), 10th (400m T53 - Women)
Years of participation: 100m T53 - Women 2017, 2019; 400m T53 - Women 2017, 2019; 200m T53 - Women 2017; 100m T54 - Women 2013, 2015; 200m T54 - Women 2015; 400m T54 - Women 2015
Top finish: 5th – 2017 (200m T53 - Women)