Hannah Chadwick
American Paralympic cyclist
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Hannah Chadwick (born January 24,1992) is an American cyclist who competes in para-cycling tandem track events as a visually impaired athlete.
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| Born | January 24, 1992 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Cycling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Early life
Chadwick was born in China and spent her early childhood with an adoptive family on a farm, before being sent to an orphanage so she could receive an education. She has been blind since birth.[1] She moved to Arcata, California when she was adopted by Patricia Chadwick and Stephen Dias at age 12.[2] She attended college at University of California, Davis where she received a bachelor's degree in international relations and Mandarin Chinese.[3]
Career
Chadwick relocated to the United States Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado to live and train together in the same place as her pilot Mary-Kate Wintz. Chadwick and Wintz trained together since 2019. She made her UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships debut in 2022, where she finished in fifth place in the tandem B team sprint.[4][5]
In July 2023, she was named to Team USA's Track World Championships roster for the 2023 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships.[6] During the championships she won a bronze medal in the tandem sprint B event with her pilot Skyler Espinoza, defeating their Italian opponents by .033 seconds. This was the first and only sprint race they had competed together in as a tandem.[7] Later that year she competed at the 2023 Parapan American Games and won two gold medals.[8][9] On the first day of the competition, she won gold in the 3,000-meter individual pursuit race with a time of 3:45.752. On the next day, she won gold in the 1,000-meter time trial with a Parapan American Games record time of 1:12.265.[10] She also competed in the women's road race B and finished in fourth place with a time of 2:23.29.[11][12]
In February 2024, she was named to Team USA's Track World Championships roster for the 2024 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships.[13] During the championships she won a bronze medal in the team sprint B event. This was the United States' first medal of the championships.[14]