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| Nationality | American | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | November 23, 1992 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||
| Education | Ursinus College | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Para-cycling, paratriathlon | |||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | H4 | |||||||||||||||||
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Emelia Perry (born November 23, 1992) is an American para-cyclist and paratriathlete. She represented the United States at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.
Perry was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and moved with her family to Osaka, Japan when she was a baby. In 2011, she moved back to the United States to attend Ursinus College to study exercise science. [1] She attended college on a running scholarship, where she competed on the cross country and track teams. [2]
On June 9, 2017, Perry fell from a fire escape ladder while hosting a party on the roof of her Philadelphia apartment. [3] [4] She fractured her T12 vertebra as a result of her fall. [5]
Following her injury Perry started competing in wheelchair racing, and in 2022 she started competing in paratriathlon. [1] [6] She represented the United States at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in paratriathlon and finished in fifth place with a time of 1:14:03. [7] [8] In August 2025, she represented the United States at the 2025 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships and won silver medals in the time trial and road race H4 events. [9] [10]
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