Katerina Brim

Brim was born in Ukraine and moved to the United States after being adopted in 2003.^[1] She graduated from Lowell High School in Lowell, Michigan. She then took college classes online at Southern New Hampshire University.^[2]

Brim made her international debut for the United States at the 2022 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships and won gold medals in the road race H2 and time trial H2 events.^[3][2]

On May 23, 2023, she accepted a one-year suspension for a banned substance from the United States Anti-Doping Agency after the World Anti-Doping Agency denied her a retroactive therapeutic use exemption. She tested positive for Humalog, an insulin used to treat diabetes. She later applied for and was approved for a therapeutic use exemption.^[4][5] In November 2023, she represented the United States at the 2023 Parapan American Games and won a gold medal in the road time trial H1–5 and a silver medal in the road race H2–5 event.^[6][7]

On July 8, 2024, Brim qualified to represent the United States at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.^[8][9]

In 2017, Brim underwent a routine surgery for a herniated disc.^[10][11] A blood clot developed that traveled up her spinal canal, which led to a spinal cord injury and left her a quadriplegic.^[12][13] She is a type 1 diabetic.^[14]