New York City Marathon Has Olympic And Paralympic Implications For All Of Team USA Athletes
This will serve as the qualifying event for the Paralympics, while it will be the last marathon before Olympic trials.
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Athlete Bio#
Height
5'2"
Age
35
Hometown
Champaign, IL
Education
University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign ’15, Special Education M.S.
classification: T53
Personal
- Son of John and Teresa Siemann. Has an older brother, John, and is a quadruplet with three sisters Amanda, Maria, and Jessica
- Has two dogs, Gambit and Ace
- Paralyzed from the waist down at birth after a hospital accident
- Introduced to track and field his freshman year by high school coach Joe McLaughlin
- Was donated his first racing chair by McLaughlin who teamed up with other high school staff members and Project Freedom to raise funds
- Works as a Learning Disabilities/ADHD Specialist at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Hobbies include reading comic books, scuba diving, and cooking
Paralympic Experience
- 4-time Paralympian; 2-time Paralympic medalist (2 bronze)
- Paralympic Games Paris 2024, bronze (400m T53 - Men, 800m T53 - Men), 4th (100m T53 - Men), 9th (5000m T54 - Men), 11th (Marathon T54 - Men)
- Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020, 4th (400m T53 - Men), 8th (800m T53 - Men), 9th (100m T53 - Men), 12th (5000m T54 - Men), 15th (Marathon T54 - Men), 16th (1500m T54 - Men)
- Paralympic Games Rio de Janeiro 2016, 4th (800m T53 - Men), 5th (400m T53 - Men), 7th (100m T53 - Men)
- Paralympic Games London 2012, (400m T53 - Men), 6th (100m T53 - Men), 8th (800m T53 - Men), 10th (200m T53 - Men), 25th (Marathon T54 - Men)
World Championships Experience
- Most recent: 2023 – bronze (400m T53 - Men, 800m T53 - Men), 4th (100m T53 - Men)
- Years of participation: 100m T53 - Men 2011, 2013, 2017, 2019, 2023; 400m T53 - Men 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2023; 800m T53 - Men 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2023; Marathon T54 - Men 2019; 1500m T54 - Men 2015, 2017; 200m T53 - Men 2011, 2013, 2017; 5000m T54 - Men 2015, 2017; 4 x 400m Relay T53-54 - Men 2011, 2013
- Medals: 2 (2 bronze)
- Bronze – 2023 (400m T53 - Men, 800m T53 - Men)
