![]() Scaroni in 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Burns, Oregon, U.S. | May 16, 1991||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Home town | Tekoa, Washington, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alma mater | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | Para-athlete, dietitian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Wheelchair racing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability | Paraplegia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | T54 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University team | Illinois Fighting Illini | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Susannah Scaroni (born May 16, 1991) is an American Paralympic athlete. [1] She won the gold medal in the women's 5000 meters T54 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan. [2] She also represented the United States at the 2012 Summer Paralympics and at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. [1]
Scaroni injured her spinal cord at the T12 vertebra in a car accident when she was five years old, and had to use a wheelchair thereafter. [3]
At the 2012 Summer Paralympics, she finished in 8th place in the women's marathon T54 event. [1] Four years later, she also competed in the same event finishing in 7th place. [1] She also competed in the women's 800 meters 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. [4]
In 2022 she won the 2022 Open Women's Division of the Shepherd Center Wheelchair Division of the AJC Peachtree Road Race in Atlanta with the time 21:14.71 setting a new course record.
She trains with the University of Illinois wheelchair racing team.
Scaroni has also competed in numerous marathon competitions including most marathons that are part of the World Marathon Majors.
In the Chicago Marathon she won 1st place in 2022, and finished in 2nd place in the 2012, 3rd in the 2018 and 4th in 2019.
In the London Marathon Scaroni also finished in 7th place both in 2013 and 2016, 4th in 2014, 5th in 2015, and 3rd both in 2017 and 2018.
In the Boston Marathon she ended up in 3rd place in 2014, 2015 and 2017, 4th in 2016, 2nd in 2018, and 1st place in 2023.
In the Tokyo Marathon Scaroni ended it in 5th place in 2018 and 3rd in 2019. [5]
In 2019, she also ended in 3rd in the New York City Marathon. [6]
In 2013 and 2014, Scaroni won the Los Angeles Marathon in the wheelchair category.
She was placed 6th in the women's marathon T54 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan.
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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2012 | Summer Paralympics | London, United Kingdom | 8th | Marathon | 1:58:37 |
Chicago Marathon | Chicago, United States | 2nd | Marathon | 1:56:30 | |
2013 | Los Angeles Marathon | Los Angeles, United States | 1st | Marathon | 1:54:39 |
London Marathon | London, United Kingdom | 7th | Marathon | 1:50:47 | |
2014 | Los Angeles Marathon | Los Angeles, United States | 1st | Marathon | 1:54:54 |
London Marathon | London, United Kingdom | 4th | Marathon | 1:51:01 | |
Boston Marathon | Boston, United States | 3rd | Marathon | 1:38:33 | |
2015 | Boston Marathon | Boston, United States | 3rd | Marathon | 1:57:21 |
London Marathon | London, United Kingdom | 5th | Marathon | 1:47:06 | |
2016 | Boston Marathon | Boston, United States | 4th | Marathon | 1:46:53 |
London Marathon | London, United Kingdom | 7th | Marathon | 1:52:50 | |
Summer Paralympics | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 6th (heats) | 800 m | 1:56.42 | |
7th | Marathon | 1:38:47 | |||
2017 | Boston Marathon | Boston, United States | 3rd | Marathon | 1:33:17 |
London Marathon | London, United Kingdom | 3rd | Marathon | 1:47:37 | |
2018 | Tokyo Marathon | Tokyo, Japan | 5th | Marathon | 1:54:02 |
Boston Marathon | Boston, United States | 2nd | Marathon | 2:20:01 | |
London Marathon | London, United Kingdom | 3rd | Marathon | 1:43:00 | |
Peachtree Road Race | Atlanta, United States | 1st | 10,000 m | 22:49.05 | |
Chicago Marathon | Chicago, United States | 3rd | Marathon | 1:44:48 | |
2019 | Tokyo Marathon | Tokyo, Japan | 3rd | Marathon | 1:54:32 |
Chicago Marathon | Chicago, United States | 4th | Marathon | ||
New York City Marathon | New York City, United States | 3rd | Marathon | 1:51:37 | |
2021 | Summer Paralympics | Tokyo, Japan | 1st | 5000 m | 10:52.57 |
3rd | 800 m | 1:44.43 | |||
6th | Marathon | 1:41:04 | |||
2022 | Chicago 13.1 | Chicago, United States | 1st | Half Marathon | 46:07 |
New York Mini 10K | New York City, United States | 1st | 10K | 0:21:10 | |
B.A.A. 10K | Boston, United States | 1st | 10K | 0:21:56 | |
Grandma's Marathon | Duluth, Minnesota – United States | 1st | Marathon | 1:27:31 | |
Peachtree Road Race | Atlanta, United States | 1st | 10K | 21:14.71 | |
London Marathon | London, United Kingdom | 2nd | Marathon | 1:42.21 | |
Berlin Marathon | Berlin, Germany | 3rd | Marathon | 1:36.51 | |
Chicago Marathon | Chicago, United States | 1st | Marathon | 1:45.48 | |
New York City Marathon | New York City, United States | 1st | Marathon | 1:42:43 | |
Ōita International Wheelchair Marathon | Ōita City, Japan | 2nd | Marathon | 1:38:01 [7] | |
2023 | Boston Marathon | Boston, United States | 1st | Marathon | 1:41:45 |
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