Athlete Bio#
Height
4'3"
Age
35
Hometown
Chicago, IL
Education
Resurrection High School (Chicago, Illinois) ‘07 University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign ’11, Media Studies; University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign ‘14, Recreation, Sport, and Tourism; University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign ‘20, Sport Management (PhD) ‘20
classification: T53
Quick Facts
- Daughter of Brian Lefevour and Karen Allabastro
- Has one younger sister, Grace
- Born with spinal deformities scoliosis, kyphosis and diastematomyelia
- Had never participated in competitive wheelchair racing until enrolling at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 2007
- Began wheelchair sports to help build her confidence and self-esteem
- Researching the transition of elite athletes and retirement from sport in her PhD program at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign.
- Hobbies include skiing, playing with her dog and listening to country music
- She enjoys reading, photography, live music, travel.
Paralympic Experience
- 2-time Paralympian;
- Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020, 8th (100m T53 - Women), 11th (400m T53 - Women)
- Paralympic Games Rio de Janeiro 2016, 7th (100m T53 - Women), 12th (400m T53 - Women), 13th (800m T53 - Women)
World Championship Experience
- Most recent: 2019 – 7th (100m T53 - Women), 10th (400m T53 - Women)
- Years of participation: 100m T53 - Women 2017, 2019; 400m T53 - Women 2017, 2019; 200m T53 - Women 2017; 100m T54 - Women 2013, 2015; 200m T54 - Women 2015; 400m T54 - Women 2015
- Top finish: 5th – 2017 (200m T53 - Women)
