Athlete Bio#
Age
30
Hometown
Anna Maria
Education
Burlington-Edison High School, Annie Wright School (Tachoma, Wash.) University of Puget Sound
Career Highlights
- ParaPan American Games, Toronto, 2015 (200m T47 - Women)
Quick Facts
When Megan Absten was 14 years old, she lost her left arm after an accident in which an all-terrain vehicle was overturned. She attended the Annie Wright Schools after receiving a scholarship where she found a love for education. A wrestler and track star in high school, Absten returned to sport with the help of fitness coach Laurie Saunders. In her junior year of high school, back problems led her coach to reach out to a Paralympics coach who later came out to see her run. In 2013, she competed at her first U.S. National Paralympics Track and Field meet where she hit the podium with two silver medals.Connect
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World Championships Experience
- Most recent: 2015 – 12th (100m T47 - Women)
- Years of participation: 100m T47 - Women 2015; 100m T46 - Women 2013
- Top finish: 12th – 2015 (100m T47 - Women)
