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5'3"
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Colorado Springs, CO
Wauwatosa East High School
Growing up, Hailey Danz was always very active. As a young athlete she played any sport she could, including volleyball and basketball. When Hailey was 12, she was diagnosed with osteosarcoma (bone cancer) in her left leg. At 14 years old, after a year of chemotherapy and several surgeries, she made the decision to have her leg amputated in order to get back to an active lifestyle. After her injury, Danz took up downhill skiing before being introduced to triathlon. Six years later in 2011, she was applying for an internship with the Great Lakes Adaptive Sports Association, and triathlete Keri Serota only agreed to hire her on the condition that she would try a Triathlon. Danz competed in her first Triathlon through Dare2Tri, a paratriathlon club co-founded by Serota and based out of Chicago. Before entering her first race, she had no swim, bike, or run background — but by 2013 she had earned an ITU Paratriathlon world title, and by 2015 she was named the USA Triathlon Paratriathlete of the Year. Leading up to the 2016 Paralympic Games, where Paratriathlon would make its debut as a medal event, Danz left her job at a nonprofit and moved from Chicago, Illinois, to Austin, Texas, to train full time. This decision payed off after she won a silver medal in the PTS2 classification for Paratriathlon at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. She then went on to earn two USA Paratriathlon National Championship titles in 2017 and 2019. She also competed in her second Paralympic Games in Tokyo in 2020 and earned the silver medal. In 2022 she also earned her third World Triathlon Paratriathlon World Championship title, winning in Abu Dhabi. Her biggest mentor in the sport is fellow paratriathlete and national team member Melissa Stockwell. Her favorite sports motto is, “I believe there is no finish line,” which explains how she is always looking for new opportunities to learn and grow to become a stronger athlete. Besides triathlon, she enjoys trail running, downhill skiing, reading, psychology, brunch and coffee.
PARIS – The Seine River proved inviting to Hailey Danz and seven American teammates, all of whom medaled across 11 paratriathlon events on a gorgeous Monday at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.Delivering a dominant performance in the 20-kilometer bike d...
Hailey Danz can’t wait to feed off of the energy and encouragement provided by friends and family along a familiar paratriathlon course at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.The 33-year-old paratriathlete – who has trained at and called Colorado Springs, ...
PARIS – The Seine River proved inviting to Hailey Danz and seven American teammates, all of whom medaled across 11 paratriathlon events on a gorgeous Monday at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.Delivering a dominant performance in the 20-kilometer bike d...
The paratriathlon gold medalist heads into the Paralympic year with a No. 1 ranking and loads of confidence.
Hailey Danz can’t wait to feed off of the energy and encouragement provided by friends and family along a familiar paratriathlon course at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.The 33-year-old paratriathlete – who has trained at and called Colorado Springs, ...
