Jessica Galli
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| Paralympic Games | ||
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2008 Beijing | 400 m T53 |
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2000 Sydney | 800 m T53 |
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2008 Beijing | 100 m T53 |
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2008 Beijing | 200 m T53 |
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2008 Beijing | 800 m T53 |
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2008 Beijing | 4×100 m T53–T54 |
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2012 London | 800 m T53 |
Jessica Galli (born December 1, 1983) is a female wheelchair racing athlete. Raised in Hillsborough Township, New Jersey, Galli has participated in the 2000, 2004, and 2008 Paralympic Games. At the 2000 Sydney Paralympic Games she won the silver medal in the 800 meter T53 female wheelchair race. Galli set a world record holder in the T53 400 m race with a time of 55.82 at the 2007 European Wheelchair Championships on June 7 in Pratteln, Switzerland.[1]
In January 2008, she was named the United States Olympic Committee's 2007 Paralympian of the Year.[2] That summer, Galli was nominated for an ESPY Award for Best Female Athlete With A Disability.[3] At the 2008 Summer Paralympics in September, she won five medals: 1 gold, 3 silver, and 1 bronze.[4]
Galli is a paraplegic as a result of a September 1991 car accident when she was 7 years old.[5]
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External links
- Results for Jessica Galli from the International Paralympic Committee
- Jessica Galli on US Paralympics
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- 1983 births
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- American wheelchair racers
- Female wheelchair racers
- Illinois Fighting Illini Paralympic athletes
- Sportspeople from Hillsborough Township, New Jersey
- Paralympic track and field athletes of the United States
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic gold medalists for the United States
- Paralympic silver medalists for the United States
- Paralympic bronze medalists for the United States
- World record holders in Paralympic athletics
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- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
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