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A Traumatic Crash Nearly Took Cycling Away From Samantha Bosco; Instead She’s Come Back Stronger Than Ever
The two-time Paralympic medalist has been nearly unbeatable on the road and stellar on the track since her 2022 return.
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Athlete Bio#
Height
5'7"
Age
56
Hometown
Putney, VT
Education
Rhode Island School of Design
classification: WH3
Personal
By age 16, Dana was competing as a junior at the national level in both cycling and cross-country skiing as an able-bodied athlete...But at 17, she had to adjust her athletic goals after she fell from a tree and was paralyzed from the waist down...She began handCycling in her late 20s, and in 2001 she began racing...She made her first U.S. Paralympics Cycling National Team in 2001 and competed at the 2002 world championships, but then stepped away from the sport for several years to raise her daughter, Willa...Returned to handcycling in 2011, has been on Team USA since 2012, and won the overall world cup titles in 2015 and 2017...Daughter of Edmund and Veronica Brelsford...Has one daughter, Willa...Has three older sisters, Allegra, Carlotta and Cecelia and one older brother, Oliver, who competed on the U.S. junior Nordic team in the 1980’s for Nordic combined...Hobbies include music and gardeningParalympic Experience
- 3-time Paralympian; 3-time Paralympic medalist (1 silver, 2 bronze)
- Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020, bronze (H1-4 - Road Race - Women, Team Relay - Mixed), 6th (H1-3 - Time Trial - Women)
- Paralympic Games Rio de Janeiro 2016, silver (H1-3 - Time Trial - Women), 4th (H1-4 - Road Race - Women)
- Paralympic Games London 2012, (H1-3 - Road Race - Women), 5th (H1-2 - Time Trial - Women)
World Championships Experience
- Most recent: 2023 – bronze (Team Relay - Mixed), 4th (H3 - Time Trial - Women), 5th (H3 - Road Race - Women)
- Years of participation: H3 - Road Race - Women 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2023; H3 - Time Trial - Women 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2023; Team Relay - Mixed 2023; H2 - Road Race - Women 2013; H2 - Time Trial - Women 2013
- Medals: 11 (2 gold, 6 silver, 3 bronze)
- Gold – 2019 (H3 - Time Trial - Women); 2014 (H3 - Time Trial - Women)
- Silver – 2019 (H3 - Road Race - Women); 2018 (H3 - Road Race - Women, H3 - Time Trial - Women); 2015 (H3 - Road Race - Women, H3 - Time Trial - Women); 2014 (H3 - Road Race - Women)
- Bronze – 2023 (Team Relay - Mixed); 2013 (H2 - Road Race - Women, H2 - Time Trial - Women)
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