Shea Cowart

Shea Cowart
Medal record
Track and field (T44)
Representing United States
Paralympic Games

Last updated November 03, 2025

Shea Cowart is an American sprinter and winner of two gold medals at the 2000 Summer Paralympics.^[1]^[2]

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.

References

↑ Round, Lindy (3 April 2002). "Cowart 'Spirit of West Georgia' award honors outstanding students". Georgia Historic Newspapers. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
↑ Sethna, Beheruz N. (30 March 2001). "State University of West Georgia Fact Book" (PDF). State University of West Georgia Fact Book. Retrieved 22 October 2025.

External links

Shea Cowart at the International Paralympic Committee

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[1] Round, Lindy (3 April 2002). "Cowart 'Spirit of West Georgia' award honors outstanding students". Georgia Historic Newspapers. Retrieved 22 October 2025.

[2] Sethna, Beheruz N. (30 March 2001). "State University of West Georgia Fact Book" (PDF). State University of West Georgia Fact Book. Retrieved 22 October 2025.

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