Susannah Scaroni

Susannah Scaroni (born May 16, 1991) is an American Paralympic athlete.[1] She represented the United States at the 2012 Summer Paralympics and at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.[1] In 2019, she qualified to represent the United States at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.[2][3]

Susannah Scaroni

Susannah Scaroni (2018)
Personal information
Born	(1991-05-16) May 16, 1991
Sport
Country	United States
Sport	Wheelchair racing
Disability	Paraplegia
Disability class	T54
Medal record Representing  United States World Championships 2019 Dubai 5000 m T54 2019 Dubai 800 m T54

Career

At the 2012 Summer Paralympics, she finished in 8th place in the women's marathon T54 event.[1][3] Four years later she also competed in the same event finishing in 7th place.[1][3] 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 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 trains with the University of Illinois wheelchair racing team.[3]

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 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.[4]

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.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  United States
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

References

1. "Susannah Scaroni". Team USA. Retrieved January 7, 2020.
2. Rowbottom, Mike (October 15, 2019). "United States pick first wheelchair marathon athletes for Tokyo 2020". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved January 6, 2020.
3. "Meet The 33 Athletes To Qualify For the 2020 U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Teams In 2019". Team USA. December 24, 2019. Retrieved January 7, 2020.
4. "Women's wheelchair race" (PDF). 2018 Tokyo Marathon. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 27, 2018. Retrieved June 28, 2020.

External links

• Susannah Scaroni at the International Paralympic Committee