GEER McKenna

United States of America

Date of Birth: 1 May 1996

Age: 25

Gender: Female

Sport Class: SH2

Place of birth: SEATTLE, WA

Birth Country:

United States of America

Place of residence : COLORADO SPRINGS, CO

Residence Country:

United States of America

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Shooting	R4 - Mixed 10m Air Rifle Standing SH2	21
	R5 - Mixed 10m Air Rifle Prone SH2	34
	R9 - Mixed 50m Rifle Prone SH2	17

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Asaka Shooting Range - 10m Range	R4 - Mixed 10m Air Rifle Standing SH2 Qualification	Finished
	Asaka Shooting Range - 10m Range	R5 - Mixed 10m Air Rifle Prone SH2 Qualification	Finished
	Asaka Shooting Range - 50m Range	R9 - Mixed 50m Rifle Prone SH2 Qualification	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Paralympic Games
3	R5 - Mixed 10m Air Rifle Prone SH2	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	189.5
24	R4 - Mixed 10m Air Rifle Standing SH2	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	622.4
World Championships
6	R9 - Mixed 50m Rifle Prone SH2	2019	Sydney, NSW, AUS	162.2
9	R5 - Mixed 10m Air Rifle Prone SH2	2019	Sydney, NSW, AUS	634.6
16	R9 - Mixed 50m Rifle Prone SH2	2018	Cheongju, KOR	610.8
20	R4 - Mixed 10m Air Rifle Standing SH2	2014	Suhl, GER	626.7
25	R4 - Mixed 10m Air Rifle Standing SH2	2019	Sydney, NSW, AUS	624.2
36	R4 - Mixed 10m Air Rifle Standing SH2	2018	Cheongju, KOR	618.5
40	R5 - Mixed 10m Air Rifle Prone SH2	2018	Cheongju, KOR	625.6
45	R5 - Mixed 10m Air Rifle Prone SH2	2014	Suhl, GER	625.5

Previous names:

Photography, reading, spending time outside. (ssusa.org, 08 May 2019)

Occupation:

Athlete, Customer Service

Business - DeVry University, Downers Grove, IL, USA

Husband Daniel Geer

Languages spoken:

Right (dafo.com, 09 Jun 2014)

She took up shooting at age 12 in Washington state, United States of America. (Twitter profile, 17 Sep 2020; teamusa.org, 16 Jan 2015)

She was introduced to the sport while at a summer sports camp. She originally played wheelchair basketball, but was drawn to shooting because she preferred the individual nature of the sport. (teamusa.org, 16 Jan 2015)

To win gold at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (Shooting Para Sport Twitter profile, 17 Sep 2020; paralympic.org, 17 May 2017)

She trains at the US Olympic & Paralympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. (usashooting.org, 01 Sep 2020)

Winning a bronze medal at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (ssusa.org, 08 May 2019)

Coach Dan Steffan, her parents and her grandfather. (Shooting Para Sport Twitter profile, 17 Sep 2020; usashooting.org, 2014; teamusa.org, 08 Oct 2019)

Philosophy:

"Keep chipping away at the goals and dreams you have set for yourself. Maybe your dream is to be an Olympic or Paralympic champion. Maybe your dream is to eat better, exercise more, or start that new hobby you've been thinking about. Or maybe your goal is to learn how to prioritise moments of quiet in an otherwise hectic life. Whatever your dreams are, they are worth it." (Instagram profile, 22 Oct 2020)

General Interest

Classification
SH2, SH1 (IPC, 23 Mar 2021)

Type of Impairment
Limb deficiency (dafo.com, 09 Jun 2014)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (dafo.com, 09 Jun 2014)

Impairment Details
She was born with amyoplasia in her left hand and both of her feet, causing her muscles not to form properly. (Shooting Para Sport Twitter profile, 17 Sep 2020; dafo.com, 09 Jun 2014)

General
NEW EVENT
In 2018 she began competing in the SH2 mixed 50m rifle prone, after it was announced that the event would be added to the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. "I would like to see myself be more competitive in it and understand more the logistics behind small bore because it's a lot more involved than air gun." (paralympic.org, 04 Apr 2018)

OCCUPATION
She works in the guest experience team at the US Olympic and Paralympic Museum in Colorado Springs, Colorado. In the run-up to the opening of the museum in July 2020, she gave guided tours of the museum to reporters, prior to the ribbon cutting ceremony. She was also one of a group of Para athletes that was consulted for curation advice while the museum was being designed. In January 2021, she gave talks to members of the museum in which she shared stories about her Para sport career. (Facebook page, 25 Jan 2021; Facebook profile, 02 Nov 2020; cpr.org, 30 Jul 2020; gazette.com, 04 Aug 2020)

OTHER STUDIES
After earning a degree in business and technology management from DeVry University in the United States of America, she completed a master of business administration [MBA] from the same institution in 2020. (Facebook page, 01 Mar 2021; teamusa.org, 18 Sep 2016)

Milestones

In 2019 she became the first athlete to win a gold medal in Para shooting at a Parapan American Games, when the sport debuted at the event in Lima, Peru that year, after she triumphed in the SH2 mixed 10m air rifle standing discipline. (SportsDeskOnline, 23 Mar 2021; Shooting Para Sport Twitter profile, 17 Sep 2020; usashooting.org, 01 Sep 2019; lima2019.pe, 24 Aug 2019)

In 2016 she became the first female representing the United States of America to win a medal in shooting at a Paralympic Games, when she took bronze in the SH2 mixed 10m air rifle prone in Rio de Janeiro. (Twitter profile, 17 Sep 2020; teamusa.org, 13 Sep 2016; SportsDeskOnline, 07 Dec 2018)

Social Media

Legend

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

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