If there is a legend in the world of Paralympic sport, it must certainly be Tatyana McFadden. Tatyana will contest five individual T54 events—the 100m, 400m, 800m, 1500m and marathon—at the 2024 Paralympics, showcasing her versatility in the wheelchair races. These Paralympic Games will be Tatyana’s seventh (2004, 2008, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2020, 2024), from which she has garnered 20 medals, eight of which are gold. Notably, one of those was a silver medal from the 2014 Winter Paralympic Games.
In addition to her success at the Games, Tatyana is a 13-time world champion (and a 20-time world championships medalist), a five-time NYC marathon wheelchair champion and a 2015 recipient of the Laureus World Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability award.
Born with spina bifida in St. Petersburg, Russia, Tatyana was adopted at the age of six by American parents. She became involved with sports as a child and made her Paralympic debut at the age of 15 at the 2004 Athens Games. Her sister Hannah is also a Paralympian, having competed on Team USA with Tatyana in 2012, the first time siblings had ever competed at the same Paralympic Games.
Paris Result:
4th place, T54 800m (1:43.58, SB).
Silver medal, T54 100m (15.67).
Disqualified, T54 400m (lane infringement).
Bronze medal, 4x100m Universal Relay (47.32, SB).
7th place, T54 Marathon (1:53:52).