NORMAN Grace

9 Mar 1998
23
Female
PTS5
MORGANTOWN, WV
 
United States of America
JAMESTOWN, OH
 
United States of America

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
TRI Triathlon Women's PTS5 2 Silver Medal

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Odaiba Marine Park
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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TRIATHLON
RankEventYearLocationResult
Paralympic Games
1PT42016Rio de Janeiro, BRA1:10:39
World Championships
1PTS52017Rotterdam, NED1:09:49
1PT42016Rotterdam, NED1:10:02
2PT42015Chicago, IL, USA1:09:48
3PTS52019Lausanne, SUI1:14:02
3PTS52018Gold Coast, QLD, AUS1:09:52
5PT42014Edmonton, AB, CAN1:19:03

ATHLETICS
RankEventYearLocationResult
Paralympic Games
3400m - T442016Rio de Janeiro, BRA1:01.83
World Championships
3400m - T442015Doha, QAT1:03.83
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Athlete
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Nursing - Cedarville University, United States
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Partner Evan
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English
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Greg Mueller [personal], from 2020; Derick Williamson [national], USA
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Her mother Robin competed in distance running for Purdue University in West Lafayette, IN, United States of America, her father Tim has participated in masters swimming and triathlon events, and her older sister Bethany has competed for the Cedarville University athletics team in Ohio, United States of America. (mydaytondailynews.com, 09 Jul 2016; teamusa.org, 22 Oct 2015)
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She has represented the United States of America in Para athletics, and won bronze in the T44 400m event at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. She also competed in able-bodied swimming and athletics at high school state level in the United States of America. (daytondailynews.com, 11 Jul 2021; SportsDeskOnline, 26 Aug 2021)
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2014 for United States (triathlon.competitor.com, 30 Jun 2016)
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She was sidelined for one month in early 2018 due to a stress reaction in her right foot. (teamusa.org, 14 Sep 2018)
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After first trying mini triathlons in Ohio, United States of America, she began competing in elite Para triathlons in 2014. (teamusa.org, 27 Jun 2021)
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She came from a sporting family, and was inspired to pursue Para sport after attending the 2012 Paralympic Trials in Indianapolis, IN, United States of America. "I grew up in a small town and went to a small Christian school and there was no one really like me that I'd ever seen, no one with a prosthetic limb. I grew up not knowing any Paralympic athlete. But in Indianapolis that day I saw people like me and I was really inspired. I was able to talk to some of the athletes and that really piqued my interest to be a Paralympian. It became real." (daytondailynews.com, 11 Jul 2021; mydaytondailynews.com, 09 Jul 2016; xeniaword.com, 28 Aug 2013)
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To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (daytondailynews.com, 11 Jul 2021)
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She divides her training between coach Greg Mueller in South Bend, IN, United States of America, and at the US Olympic and Paralympic Training Centre in Colorado Springs, Colorado. (daytondailynews.com, 11 Jul 2021; insidethegames.biz, 19 Aug 2021)
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Winning gold in the PT4 event at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (teamusa.org, 27 Jun 2021)
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Her older sister Bethany, US triathlete Gwen Jorgensen, and coach Wesley Johnson. (teamusa.org, 01 Sep 2016, 27 Jun 2021)
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"Don't be afraid of what you are not good at yet and have fun." (USA Triathlon Facebook page, 01 Aug 2019)
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She was named the 2015 Female High School Track Athlete of the Year by US Paralympics. (teamusa.org, 03 Sep 2015)

General Interest

Classification
PTS5 (World Triathlon, 25 Aug 2021)

Type of Impairment
Limb deficiency (teamusa.org, 22 Oct 2015)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (teamusa.org, 22 Oct 2015)

Impairment Details
She was born missing her left leg below the knee as the result of congenital constriction band syndrome. She was fitted with her first prosthetic leg at age one. (teamusa.org, 22 Oct 2015)

General
FUTURE PLANS
In 2020 she graduated with a degree in nursing from Cedarville University in the United States of America, and she plans to work as a nurse following her retirement from sport. "If for some reason you can't follow your dream [to be a top athlete], if you're injured or something, you have to have something to live off of. I want to be a nurse because I love helping people and I also know it's a way I can support myself." (daytondailynews.com, 11 Jul 2021; teamusa.org, 27 Jun 2021; daytondailynews.com, 20 Sep 2019)

Legend
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Silver Medal
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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