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Athlete Bio#
Hometown
Salt Lake City
Education
Stanford University
classification: WH2
Personal
- Personal: In the late 1980s, Muffy Davis was a talented member of the U.S. Junior Ski Team with dreams of Olympic gold
- But one morning on a downhill training run in Sun Valley, Idaho, she crashed through a safety fence and was paralyzed from the chest down
- She decided to “thrive” rather than merely survive
- She went on to earn a combined four medals at the 1998 and 2002 Paralympic Winter Games in alpine skiing.
- She picked up competitive cycling later in her career and was an immediate success story, racing to gold in three separate events at the London 2012 Paralympic Games.
Paralympic Experience
- Three-time Paralympian; Seven-time Paralympic medalist (three gold, three silver, one bronze)
- Nagano 1998 Paralympic Winter Games, bronze (women's slalom)
- Salt Lake City 2002 Paralympic Winter Games, silver (women's giant slalom), silver (women's super G), silver (women's downhill)
- London 2012 Paralympic Games, gold (Women's Individual H1-3 Road Race), gold (Women's Individual H1-4 Team Relay), gold (Women's Individual H1-2 individual time trial)
Other Career Highlights
- 2013: International Triathlon Union Paratriathlon World Championships, 1st
- UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships, 1st (time trial), 1st (road race)
- UCI Para-cycling World Cup - Matane, 1st (time trial)
- USA Cycling Para-cycling Road Nationals, 1st (time trial), 1st (road race)
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