Hannah Dederick
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| Birth name | Xua Jia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Hannah Xue Jia Dederick | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Han, Banana | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 November 2002 Suzhou, China | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 90 lb (41 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Paralympic athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability | Spina bifida | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | T54 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 100 metres 400 metres 800 metres 1500 metres 5000 metres | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | ParaSport Spokane/University of Illinois Wheelchair Track | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Teresa Skinner/Adam Bleakney | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Hannah Xue Jia Dederick (born Xua Jia on 20 November 2002) is an American Paralympic athlete of Chinese descent who competes in sprinting events in international level events.[1][2][3]
Early life
Dederick was abandoned at a city hospital's steps in Suzhou as a baby before being adopted to an orphanage. She was adopted by a volunteer at the orphanage who took her to Oxford, Alabama in 2006. After living there for almost 4 years, she then moved with her family to Spokane, Washington in 2012 . When she was brought to the United States for the first time, her adopted family and the orphanage's volunteers were able to raise funds to enable Dederick to have corrective surgery to fix her spina bifida.[4][5]
References
- ^ "Hannah Dederick - IPC Athlete Bio". ipc.infostradasports.com. 19 May 2020.
- ^ "Hannah Dederick - Team USA". United States Olympic Committee. 19 May 2020. Archived from the original on August 3, 2020.
- ^ Tammaro, Brianna (30 June 2019). "2019 US Paralympic Track & Field World Junior Championships Team Selected". sportsnspokes.com.
- ^ Carothers, Tom (5 November 2019). "Teen Para Track Sensation Hannah Dederick Hoping For More Medals At Her First Senior Worlds". United States Olympic Committee.[dead link]
- ^ "Unlimited Potential: Hannah Xue Jia Dederick's Story". Skils'kin. 11 September 2017.
Categories:
- 2002 births
- Living people
- American people of Chinese descent
- Paralympic track and field athletes for the United States
- American female wheelchair racers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 Parapan American Games
- Medalists at the 2019 Parapan American Games
- Medalists at the 2023 Parapan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Sportspeople from Spokane, Washington
- Sportspeople from Suzhou
- 21st-century American sportswomen
- People with spina bifida