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Tatyana McFadden was born on 21 April, 1989 in Leningrad, RSFSR, Soviet Union, is an American Paralympic athlete (born 1989). Discover Tatyana McFadden's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 34 years old?

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Age 34 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 21 April, 1989
Birthday 21 April
Birthplace Leningrad, RSFSR, Soviet Union
Nationality American

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1989

Tatyana McFadden (Татьяна Макфадден; born April 21, 1989 ) is an American Paralympic athlete of Russian descent competing in the category T54.

McFadden has won twenty Paralympic medals in multiple Summer Paralympic Games.

McFadden was born in Leningrad, then Soviet Union, on 21 April 1989.

She was born with spina bifida, a congenital disorder that paralyzed her from the waist down.

After her birth mother abandoned her in an orphanage that was too poor to afford a wheelchair for her, she walked on her hands for the first six years of her life.

The doctors told her she was so sick that she had very little time to live.

While in the orphanage, she met Deborah McFadden, who was visiting Russia as a commissioner of disabilities for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Deborah and her partner Bridget O'Shaughnessy adopted Tatyana and took her to live in Baltimore.

McFadden took up a variety of sports while growing up to strengthen her muscles: first swimming, then gymnastics, wheelchair basketball, sled hockey and track and field.

McFadden attended the University of Illinois studying for a degree in Human Development and Family Studies, was a member of the Theta chapter of Phi Sigma Sigma, and was on the University of Illinois wheelchair basketball team.

McFadden began racing at the age of eight.

2004

Competing in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece, she won a silver medal in the women's 100 metres – T54 event; a bronze medal in the women's 200 metres – T54 event; finished fifth in the women's 400 metres – T54 event; and went out in the first round of the women's 800 metres – T54 event.

2005

In 2005 Tatyana and Deborah McFadden filed suit against the Howard County Public School System and won the right for her to race at the same time as the runners starting in 2006, though her score would not be counted for her team.

Her legal victory led to its own controversies, though.

2006

In 2006, one of her Atholton teammates lost her victory in the 1600 meters at the state championships after McFadden was ruled to have been acting as a "pacer" for her, by encouraging her rather than racing on her own.

2008

She also competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China, where she won a silver medal in the women's 200 metres – T54 event; a silver medal in the women's 400 metres – T54 event; a silver medal in the women's 800 metres – T54 event; a bronze medal in the women's 4 × 100 metre relay – T53–54 event; and finished sixth in the women's 100 metres – T54 event.

And in 2008, a rival runner and McFadden collided after a 200-meter race, causing the other runner her miss her conference title meet from the injuries.

McFadden's lawsuit is credited for the eventual passage of the Maryland Fitness and Athletics Equity for Students with Disabilities Act in 2008, which made Maryland the first state to require schools to provide equal physical education and athletic opportunities for students with disabilities.

It is called Tatyana's Law.

2009

Until 2009, McFadden specialized in shorter distance sprints.

She entered the Chicago Marathon in 2009 as a lark.

Unexpectedly, she won, finishing so soon that her mother didn't have her camera ready to record the victory.

2010

That was the first of a series of marathon victories for her, including New York City in 2010, Chicago in 2011, London in 2011, and Boston and New York in 2015.

McFadden's coach at the University of Illinois is Adam Bleakney, himself a veteran wheelchair racer.

2012

Tatyana and her sister Hannah competed in the same Paralympic final (100m – T54 in London 2012).

McFadden finished in 5th place in the Women's 12 km. Just over a month after Sochi, McFadden returned to wheelchair racing at the London Marathon, where she successfully defended her title in a new course record time.

2013

McFadden became the first athlete to win six gold medals at a championships during the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships in Lyon.

She claimed gold in every event from the 100 meters through to the 5,000 meters.

McFadden also won the Boston, Chicago, London, and New York marathons in 2013.

This made her the first person – non-disabled or otherwise – to win the four major marathons in the same year.

She also set a new course record for the Chicago Marathon (1 hour, 42 minutes, 35 seconds).

2014

McFadden began 2014 by returning to the country of her birth, Russia, to compete in the Winter Paralympic Games in Sochi.

After winning silver medal in the 1 km Sprint sitting cross-country skiing event; McFadden claimed she was "fulfilled" after winning the medal in front of all of her family including her biological mother.

2015

In 2015 McFadden won the NYC marathon, and broke its women's course record by seven minutes and 20 seconds (her time was 1 hour, 43 minutes and four seconds).

2017

On October 8, 2017, McFadden won the Bank of America Chicago Marathon.

2018

On April 16, 2018, McFadden won the 122nd Boston Marathon.

On October 10, 2021, McFadden won the Bank of America Chicago Marathon.

McFadden had difficulty competing at high school.

Atholton High School would not allow her to race at the same time as non-disabled runners, with officials saying her racing chair created a safety hazard and gave her an unfair advantage (as the best wheelchair racers are noticeably faster than runners over long distances).

She competed in separate wheelchair events at high school meets, meaning that she would circle around an otherwise empty track by herself, which embarrassed her.