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Para Track and Field

Yen Hoang

Paralympian 2020

Yen Hoang

Athlete Bio 

Yen Hoang races down the track

Height

4'9"

Age

28

Hometown

Vancouver, WA

Education

University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

Classification: T53

Quick Facts
  • Daughter of Minh Thi and Lien Hoang
  • Has a sister, Anh Thi
  • Family is Vietnamese
  • First Paralympic competition was the 2014 U.S. Paralympics Track & Field National Championships
  • Enjoys playing wheelchair basketball, cross-country and wheelchair rugby
  • Hobbies include doing crafts in her free time, including oil painting and origami.
Career Highlights
  • 2019 Parapan American Games, gold (800-meter)
  • 2019 Parapan American Games, silver (400-meter)
  • 2015 U.S. Paralympics Track & Field National Championships, 4th (100-meter), 5th (400-meter, 800-meter, 1,500-meter)
Paralympic Experience
  • 1-time Paralympian;
    • Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020, 8th (800m T53 - Women), 9th (100m T53 - Women, 400m T53 - Women)
World Championships Experience
  • Most recent: 2015 – 9th (200m T53 - Women), 10th (100m T53 - Women)
  • Years of participation: 100m T53 - Women 2015; 200m T53 - Women 2015
  • Top finish: 9th – 2015 (200m T53 - Women)

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