Samantha Bosco

Personal

• Born with a posteromedial bow of the right tibia and a calcaneal valgus foot that was corrected at the age of four by having a wedge of bone surgically removed.
• Was six years old when she first got on a bike, riding to and from school with her dad.
• Dreamt of becoming a professional mountain bike racer after joining and racing with the Arctic Bicycle Club at nine years old.
• When she was 11, she had a limb-lengthening surgery go awry that left her with years of crutches, atrophied muscles and a surgically stunted left leg.
• When she would go on bike rides with her dad as a kid, he'd give her a quarter for every person on a bike she passed and would only get to keep the quarter if the person didn't pass her back.
• Married to Andrew Bosco, another cyclist whom she met at a bike race in a state neither one of them lived in, and has one brother, Jason.
• Lettered in swimming and bowling in high school and earned a crew scholarship to the University of Central Florida where she rowed for two years.
• Would probably try to own an ice cream shop if she wasn't cycling and still runs outside at the sound of an ice cream truck.
• Uses her experiences as a life-long athlete to be an athlete mentor to classrooms across the country. 

Career Highlights

• Parapan American Games Santiago 2023 - Road - gold (time trial), bronze (road race) - track - gold (3000m individual pursuit)

Paralympic Experience

• 2-time Paralympian; 3-time Paralympic medalist (1 gold, 2 bronze)
• Paralympic Games Paris 2024, gold (C4 - Time Trial - Women), 4th (C4 - 3km Pursuit - Women, C4-5 - Road Race - Women), 12th (C4-5 - 500m Time Trial - Women)
• Paralympic Games Rio de Janeiro 2016, bronze (C5 - 3km Pursuit - Women, C5 - Time Trial - Women), 6th (C4-5 - Road Race - Women), 10th (C4-5 - 500m Time Trial - Women)

World Championships Experience

• Most recent: 2023 – gold (C4 - Road Race - Women, C4 - Time Trial - Women), silver (C4 - Omnium - Women), bronze (C4 - 3km Pursuit - Women, C4 - Scratch Race - Women), 6th (C4 - 500m Time Trial - Women)
• Years of participation: C4 - 3km Pursuit - Women 2020, 2022, 2023; C4 - 500m Time Trial - Women 2020, 2022, 2023; C4 - Omnium - Women 2020, 2022, 2023; C4 - Road Race - Women 2022, 2023; C4 - Scratch Race - Women 2020, 2022, 2023; C4 - Time Trial - Women 2022, 2023; C5 - 3km Pursuit - Women 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019; C5 - 500m Time Trial - Women 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019; C5 - Road Race - Women 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019; C5 - Scratch Race - Women 2016, 2019; C5 - Time Trial - Women 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019; C1-5 Team Sprint - Open 2016, 2017, 2018; C4-5 - Scratch Race - Women 2015, 2017, 2018
• Medals: 21 (5 gold, 7 silver, 9 bronze)
• Gold – 2023 (C4 - Road Race - Women, C4 - Time Trial - Women); 2022 (C4 - Road Race - Women, C4 - Time Trial - Women); 2017 (C5 - 3km Pursuit - Women)
• Silver – 2023 (C4 - Omnium - Women); 2022 (C4 - 3km Pursuit - Women, C4 - Omnium - Women, C4 - Scratch Race - Women); 2020 (C4 - Omnium - Women); 2017 (C5 - Time Trial - Women, C5 - 500m Time Trial - Women)
• Bronze – 2023 (C4 - 3km Pursuit - Women, C4 - Scratch Race - Women); 2020 (C4 - Scratch Race - Women); 2019 (C5 - Road Race - Women, C5 - 3km Pursuit - Women, C5 - Scratch Race - Women); 2018 (C5 - 3km Pursuit - Women); 2014 (C5 - Time Trial - Women); 2013 (C5 - Time Trial - Women)