DEDERICK Hannah

United States of America

Athletics

Date of Birth: 20 Nov 2002

Age: 18

Gender: Female

Sport Class: T54

Place of birth: SUZHOU

Birth Country:

People's Republic of China

Place of residence : LIBERTY LAKE, WA

Residence Country:

United States of America

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Women's 100m - T54	4
	Women's 400m - T54

Schedule

Change

Location	Event	Status
Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 100m - T54 Round 1 - Heat 1	Finished
Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 100m - T54 Final	Finished
Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 400m - T54 Round 1 - Heat 1	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
World Championships
6	100m - T54	2019	Dubai, UAE	16.96

Nickname:

Han, Banana ["It rhymes with Hannah"] (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019; Instagram profile, 25 Sep 2019)

Previous names:

Xua Jia

Hobbies:

Photography, travel, watching movies, listening to music, playing with animals, basketball. (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019; teamusa.org, 04 Aug 2019)

Occupation:

Athlete, Student

Languages spoken:

English

Club name:

ParaSport Spokane [United States]

Other sports:

She has played wheelchair basketball for ParaSport Spokane in the United States of America. (parasportspokane.org, 04 Dec 2015)

Debut:

2019 for United States (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)

Start:

She took up Para athletics at age 12, in 2015, in Spokane, WA, United States of America. (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)

Reason:

She was introduced to Para athletics when Shriners Hospital for Children put her in contact with ParaSport Spokane in the United States of America. "I started wheelchair racing because I wanted to try it out to see what it is like to be a Para athlete." (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019; Instagram profile, 25 Sep 2019; teamusa.org, 04 Aug 2019)

Ambition:

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (skils-kin.org, 11 Sep 2017)

Hero:

US Para athlete Susannah Scaroni. (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)

Influence:

Coach Teresa Skinner. (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)

Ritual:

"There's not a lot of mental things I do to get ready. I want to be mentally prepared, but don't want the race to get in my head by thinking about it too much. When I think about it too much, I get nervous and negativity starts to get into my head. Instead, I just keep myself busy." (teamusa.org, 05 Nov 2019)

Philosophy:

"Nothing given, everything earned." (Instagram profile, 25 Sep 2019)

General Interest

Classification
T54 (IPC, 10 Apr 2020)

Type of Impairment
Spinal Cord Injuries (teamusa.org, 04 Aug 2019)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)

Impairment Details
She was born with spina bifida and, after her adopted family helped raise money for her to have corrective surgery, she was left paralysed from the waist down after the operation. (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019; teamusa.org, 04 Aug 2019; skils-kin.org, 11 Sep 2017)

General
MULTI-SPORT ATHLETE
Aside from Para athletics, she competes in cross-country running and wheelchair basketball. "I don't really stop training. I'm training or competing continuously throughout the seasons. It's a year-round thing for me. My life is really about sports. There's a lot of training and travelling involved." (teamusa.org, 05 Nov 2019)

FROM CHINA TO THE UNITED STATES
She was born in Suzhou, People's Republic of China, and was abandoned on the steps of a hospital as a young child. She was then placed in an orphanage. She was adopted by the family of a volunteer at the orphanage and initially lived in People's Republic of China with the family before they all moved to Spokane, WA, United States of America. (teamusa.org, 04 Aug 2019; skils-kin.org, 11 Sep 2017)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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