Chelsea McClammer

Personal

Daughter of Rebecca Bowie and Charles McClammer...Grew up playing basketball, tennis and track...Incurred a spinal injury after a car accident at the age of six...At 14 years old she went on to become the youngest member of the Paralympic U.S. Track and Field team at Beijing 2008 after joining the national team two years prior...Her dream is to move back to Seattle and work at the hospital she went through rehab at after her accident, Seattle Children’s Hospital, to be a children’s rehab counselor.

Paralympic Experience

• 3-time Paralympian; 3-time Paralympic medalist (2 silver, 1 bronze)
• Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020, 6th (800m T53 - Women), 7th (400m T53 - Women)
• Paralympic Games Rio de Janeiro 2016, (4 x 400m Relay T53-54 - Women, Marathon T54 - Women), silver (400m T53 - Women, 5000m T54 - Women), bronze (1500m T54 - Women), 5th (800m T53 - Women)
• Paralympic Games Beijing 2008, 8th (800m T54 - Women)

World Championship Experience

• Most recent: 2019 – 5th (400m T53 - Women), 6th (800m T53 - Women), 8th (1500m T54 - Women, 5000m T54 - Women)
• Years of participation: 1500m T54 - Women 2015, 2017, 2019; 400m T53 - Women 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019; 5000m T54 - Women 2015, 2017, 2019; 800m T53 - Women 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019; Marathon T53/54 - Women 2015; 100m T53 - Women 2013; 200m T53 - Women 2011, 2013
• Medals: 5 (1 silver, 4 bronze)
• Silver – 2017 (400m T53 - Women)
• Bronze – 2017 (5000m T54 - Women, 800m T53 - Women); 2015 (5000m T54 - Women); 2013 (200m T53 - Women)