Shea Cowart

Shea Cowart
Medal record
Track and field (T44)
Competitor for  United States
Paralympic Games
2000 Sydney 100 m - T44
2000 Sydney 200 m - T44

Shea Cowart is an American sprinter. At age six she contracted meningococcemia, which resulted in both of her legs being amputated below the knee. At the 2000 Summer Paralympics, she won a gold medal and broke the world record in the women's T44 class 100 m race, and won another gold in the T44 200 m event.

External links

Results for Shea Cowart from the International Paralympic Committee


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