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Athlete Bio#
Height
5'8"
Age
48
Hometown
Meadville, PA
Education
Webster University
classification: WC4
Personal
- Morelli was commissioned in as a Second Lieutenant in 1996 as an engineer officer in the U.S. Army.
- Married to Carl Dick, who is a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army
She is a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom and the war in Afghanistan.
After being injured in 2007, a trip to a local bike shop and exposure to competitive cycling at the 2010 Warrior Games helped begin her Cycling career.
She broke the women’s C4 pursuit world record at the 2016 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships.
She continued that success at the Paralympic Games Rio 2016 where she became a two-time gold medalist on the track.
Hobbies include coaching, mentoring kids and public speaking about the importance of goals.
Paralympic Experience
- 3-time Paralympian; 4-time Paralympic medalist (3 gold, 1 silver)
- Paralympic Games Paris 2024, 6th (C4 - Time Trial - Women), 7th (C4 - 3km Pursuit - Women), 13th (C4-5 - 500m Time Trial - Women), 14th (C4-5 - Road Race - Women)
- Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020, gold (C4 - Time Trial - Women), silver (C4 - 3km Pursuit - Women), 9th (C4-5 - Road Race - Women)
- Paralympic Games Rio de Janeiro 2016, gold (C4 - 3km Pursuit - Women, C4 - Time Trial - Women), 10th (C4-5 - Road Race - Women)
World Championships Experience
- Most recent: 2023 – 4th (C4 - Road Race - Women), 6th (C4 - 3km Pursuit - Women, C4 - Time Trial - Women), 7th (C4 - Omnium - Women, C4 - Scratch Race - Women), 9th (C4 - 500m Time Trial - Women)
- Years of participation: C4 - 3km Pursuit - Women 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023; C4 - 500m Time Trial - Women 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023; C4 - Omnium - Women 2020, 2022, 2023; C4 - Road Race - Women 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2023; C4 - Scratch Race - Women 2020, 2022, 2023; C4 - Time Trial - Women 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2023; C1-5 Team Sprint - Open 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
- Medals: 16 (12 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze)
- Gold – 2019 (C4 - Road Race - Women); 2018 (C4 - Road Race - Women, C4 - Time Trial - Women, C4 - 3km Pursuit - Women); 2017 (C4 - Road Race - Women, C4 - Time Trial - Women, C4 - 3km Pursuit - Women, C4 - 500m Time Trial - Women); 2016 (C4 - 3km Pursuit - Women); 2015 (C4 - Road Race - Women, C4 - Time Trial - Women); 2014 (C4 - Road Race - Women)
- Silver – 2019 (C4 - Time Trial - Women); 2014 (C4 - Time Trial - Women)
- Bronze – 2020 (C4 - 3km Pursuit - Women); 2015 (C4 - 3km Pursuit - Women)
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