Shea Cowart

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Shea Cowart
Medal record

Track and field (T44)
Competitor for United States
Paralympic Games
Gold	2000 Sydney	100 m - T44
Gold	2000 Sydney	200 m - T44

Shea Cowart is an American sprinter. 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.

External links

Shea Cowart's profile on paralympic.org

Persondata
Name	Cowart, Shea
Alternative names
Short description	American paralympic sprinter
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