LINEUP | タティアナ・マクファデン Tatyana McFadden

二分脊椎症を患い、旧ソ連で生まれ、
児童養護施設で車いすのない環境で育つ。
6歳の時、仕事で同施設を訪れたアメリカ人女性デボラ・マクファデンと出会い、
養子としてアメリカへ移る。
幼少期に鍛えられた腕力を武器に15歳の時、
パラリンピック・アテネ大会に
代表チーム最年少で出場しメダル2枚獲得。
北京大会では4枚、ロンドン大会では金メダル３枚を含む4枚を獲得。
冬季パラリンピックでもメダル獲得経験があり、
陸上では短・中距離だけでなくマラソンまで出場するなど、
そのフィジカルは群を抜く。
リオ大会出場全種目でトップを狙う鉄人アスリート。

Born in Russia, McFadden was born with spina bifida, a disorder that paralyzed her from waist down. She was raised in an orphanage without access to a wheelchair until she was adopted, at the age of six, by Deborah McFadden who was visiting Russia on a business trip. Tatyana grew up in the United States, where she tried several sports to get stronger – swimming and basketball included. At age 15, she completed in the 2004 Athens Paralympic Games and won two medals. Continuing her winning streak, she took home four medals from the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games and three gold medals from the 2012 London Paralympic Games. Also in the 2014 Sochi Winter Paralympic Games she won a medal in cross country.

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