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
Personal
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)
