Athlete Bio
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Height
5'8"
Birthday
Mar 29, 1976
Hometown
Meadville, PA
Education
Webster University
classification: WC4
Personal
- Morelli was commissioned in as a Second Lieutenant in 1996 as an engineer officer in the U.S. Army.
- Married to Carl Dick, who is a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army
She is a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom and the war in Afghanistan.
After being injured in 2007, a trip to a local bike shop and exposure to competitive cycling at the 2010 Warrior Games helped begin her cycling career.
She broke the women’s C4 pursuit world record at the 2016 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships.
She continued that success at the Paralympic Games Rio 2016 where she became a two-time gold medalist on the track.
Hobbies include coaching, mentoring kids and public speaking about the importance of goals.
Paralympic Experience
- Two-time Paralympian (2016, 2020); Four-time Paralympic Medalist (3 golds, 1 silver)
- Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020, gold (time trial), silver (individual pursuit), 9th (road race)
- Paralympic Games Rio 2016, gold (road time trial, track pursuit); 10th (road race)
World Championship Experience
- Most recent: 2023 - Track - 6th (time trial), 9th (time trial), 7th (scratch); 2023 - Road - 4th (road race), 6th (time trial)
- Years of Participation: Road – 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2023; Track – 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023
- Medals: 16 (12 golds, 2 silvers, 2 bronzes)
- Gold – 2019 (road race); 2018 (track pursuit, road time trial, road race); 2017 (track time trial, track pursuit, road time trial, road race); 2016 (track pursuit); 2015 (road race, road time trial); 2014 (road race)
- Silver – 2019 (road time trial); 2014 (road time trial)
- Bronze – 2020 (track pursuit); 2015 (track pursuit)