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Born | September 16, 1975 49) [1] Harlingen, Texas, U.S. | (age|||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 2 in (157 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 130 lb (59 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Discipline | Para-cycling: Road bicycle racing (Tandem), Track cycling (tandem) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Stoker | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Rider type | Para-cyclist | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Shawn Cheshire (born September 16, 1975 in Harlingen, Texas) is an American para-athlete and United States Army military veteran. Cheshire has competed at the National (United States) and International levels in multiple para-sports, including adaptive rowing, adaptive biathlon, tandem road para-cycling, and tandem track para-cycling.
Born in Harlingen (Texas, USA) in 1975, Cheshire joined the United States Army in 1994 serving eight years in the as a helicopter armament specialist before transitioning in 2001 to civilian career as an Emergency medical technician. [4] Cheshire was blinded as the result of a 2009 traumatic brain injury that occurred while she was working as a paramedic in the back of an ambulance. [4] [5] Cheshire began tandem cycling in 2012, and was identified as an emerging talent at a 2012 United States Association of Blind Athletes (USABA) training camp. [6] She first competed internationally in 2013, at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships. [4] Cheshire, with tandem partner Mackenzie Woodring, were selected to represent Team USA in the Women's Tandem Time Trial and Women's Road Race events at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro. [7] [8]
2016 Summer Paralympics (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
2017 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships (Pietermaritzburg, South Africa) [10]
2014 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships (Greenville, SC, USA) [11] [12]
2017 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships (Los Angeles, CA, USA)
2016 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships (Montichiarai, Italy)
2013 UCI Road World Cup – Segovia, Spain
2013 UCI Road World Cup - Quebec, Canada
2014 USA Cycling Para-cycling Road National Championships – Madison, WI, USA
2014 (Inaugural) Invictus Games (London, UK)
2013 International Paralympic Committee Nordic Skiing World Cup (Canmore, Alberta, Canada)
2013 U.S. Cross Country Adaptive Championships Soldier Hollow (Utah, USA)
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