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Susannah Scaroni
American Paralympic athlete

Susannah Scaroni

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American Paralympic athlete
Work field
Gender
Female
Place of birth
Burns, Harney County, Oregon, USA
Age
33 years
Residence
Tekoa, Whitman County, Washington, USA
Education
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
Carroll College
Susannah Scaroni
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Biography

Susannah Scaroni (born May 16, 1991) is an American Paralympic athlete. She won the gold medal in the women's 5000 metres T54 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan. She also represented the United States at the 2012 Summer Paralympics and at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.

Career

At the 2012 Summer Paralympics, she finished in 8th place in the women's marathon T54 event. Four years later she also competed in the same event finishing in 7th place. She also competed in the women's 800 metres T54 event at the 2016 Summer Paralympics where she did not qualify to compete in the final.

In 2018, she won the Peachtree Road Race held in Atlanta, Georgia in the wheelchair category with a time of 22:49.05.

In 2019, she competed at the World Para Athletics Championships winning the bronze medals in the women's 5000 m T54 and women's 800 m T54 events.

She represented the United States at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan.

She trains with the University of Illinois wheelchair racing team.

Marathons

Susannah Scaroni at the 2017 London Marathon

Scaroni has also competed in numerous marathon competitions including most marathons that are part of the World Marathon Majors.

In the Chicago Marathon she finished in 2nd place in the 2012 Chicago Marathon, in 3rd place in the 2018 Chicago Marathon and in 4th place in the 2019 Chicago Marathon.

In the London Marathon she finished in 7th place in 2013, in 4th place in 2014, in 5th place in 2015, in 7th place in 2016 and in 3rd place both in 2017 and in 2018.

In the Boston Marathon she finished in 3rd place in 2014, in 3rd place in 2015, in 4th place in 2016, in 3rd place in 2017 and in 2nd place in 2018.

In the Tokyo Marathon she finished in 5th place in 2018 and in 3rd place in 2019.

In 2019, she also finished in 3rd place in the New York City Marathon.

In 2013 and 2014, she won the Los Angeles Marathon in the wheelchair category.

She finished in 6th place in the women's marathon T54 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan.

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  United States
2012Summer ParalympicsLondon, United Kingdom8thMarathon1:58:37
Chicago MarathonChicago, United States2ndMarathon1:56:30
2013Los Angeles MarathonLos Angeles, United States1stMarathon1:54:39
London MarathonLondon, United Kingdom7thMarathon1:50:47
2014Los Angeles MarathonLos Angeles, United States1stMarathon1:54:54
London MarathonLondon, United Kingdom4thMarathon1:51:01
Boston MarathonBoston, United States3rdMarathon1:38:33
2015Boston MarathonBoston, United States3rdMarathon1:57:21
London MarathonLondon, United Kingdom5thMarathon1:47:06
2016Boston MarathonBoston, United States4thMarathon1:46:53
London MarathonLondon, United Kingdom7thMarathon1:52:50
Summer ParalympicsRio de Janeiro, Brazil6th (heats)800 m1:56.42
7thMarathon1:38:47
2017Boston MarathonBoston, United States3rdMarathon1:33:17
London MarathonLondon, United Kingdom3rdMarathon1:47:37
2018Tokyo MarathonTokyo, Japan5thMarathon1:54:02
Boston MarathonBoston, United States2ndMarathon2:20:01
London MarathonLondon, United Kingdom3rdMarathon1:43:00
Peachtree Road RaceAtlanta, United States1st10,000 m22:49.05
Chicago MarathonChicago, United States3rdMarathon1:44:48
2019Tokyo MarathonTokyo, Japan3rdMarathon1:54:32
Chicago MarathonChicago, United States4thMarathon
New York City MarathonNew York City, United States3rdMarathon1:51:37
2021Summer ParalympicsTokyo, Japan1st5000 m10:52.57
3rd800 m1:44.43
6thMarathon1:41:04
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