American wheelchair racer (1997)
Jenna Fesemyer (born January 31, 1997)[ 1] wheelchair racer . She won a gold and a silver medal at the 2019 Parapan American Games held in Lima, Peru. She also represented the United States at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan.
In 2020, she won the bronze medal in the women's wheelchair race in the London Marathon held in London, United Kingdom.[ 2] [ 3] [ 4]
Career
Fesemyer won the silver medal in the women's wheelchair race in the 2019 Los Angeles Marathon held in Los Angeles, United States. In the same year, she represented the United States at the 2019 Parapan American Games held in Lima, Peru and she won the gold medal in the women's 800 metres T54 event and the silver medal in the women's 400 metres T54 event.[ 5] New York City Marathon held in New York City, United States.[ 6] 2020 London Marathon .[ 7] [ 8]
At the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, Fesemyer finished in 7th place in the women's 5000 metres T54 event with a new personal best of 11:17.24.[ 9] women's 1500 metres T54 and women's marathon T54 events.
Two months after the Paralympics, Fesemyer competed in several wheelchair marathon races: she finished in third place in the women's wheelchair race at the 2021 Chicago Marathon and she also respectively finished in 9th and 6th place in this race at the 2021 London Marathon and 2021 Boston Marathon . She also finished in 4th place in the 2021 New York City Marathon .
Achievements
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Year
Competition
Venue
Position
Event
Notes
Representing United States
2019
Los Angeles Marathon
Los Angeles, United States
2nd
Marathon
2:04:14
Parapan American Games
Lima, Peru
2nd
400 m
1st
800 m
2020
London Marathon
London, United Kingdom
3rd
Marathon
1:52:16
2021
Summer Paralympics
Tokyo, Japan
7th
5000 m
11:17:24
6th (h)
1500 m
3:37:56
11th
Marathon
1:50:06
London Marathon
London, United Kingdom
9th
Marathon
2:03:08
Chicago Marathon
Chicago, United States
3rd
Marathon
1:50:23
Boston Marathon
Boston, United States
6th
Marathon
1:59:51
New York City Marathon
New York City, United States
4th
Marathon
1:59:45
2022
New York City Marathon
New York City, United States
5th
Marathon
1:51:38
2023
New York City Half Marathon
New York City, United States
4th
Half-Marathon
1:03:44
New York Mini 10K
New York City, United States
2nd
10 km
25:16
London Marathon
London, United Kingdom
8th
Marathon
1:47:43
Peachtree Road Race
Atlanta, United States
4th
10 km
25:50
References
^ "Jenna Fesemyer" . Team USA . Retrieved October 8, 2020 .[dead link ] ^ "Nikita den Boer and Brent Lakatos win for the first time in London" . paralympic.org . October 4, 2020. Archived from the original on October 4, 2020. Retrieved October 4, 2020 .^ "Jenna Fesemyer finishes third at London Marathon" . Record Courier . October 5, 2020. Archived from the original on October 22, 2020. Retrieved October 22, 2020 .^ "2020 London Marathon Results" . NBC Sports . October 4, 2020. Retrieved April 27, 2021 .^ "Athletics Results Book" (PDF) . 2019 Parapan American Games . Archived (PDF) from the original on October 8, 2020. Retrieved October 8, 2020 .^ "New York Road Runners Official Race Results" . results.nyrr.org . Retrieved August 21, 2023 .^ Dawson, Andrew (October 4, 2020). "Brent Lakatos and Nikita Den Boer Capture the London Marathon Wheelchair Titles" . Runner's World Archived from the original on October 6, 2020. Retrieved October 4, 2020 . ^ Morgan, Liam (October 4, 2020). "Den Boer upsets Schär to win women's wheelchair race at London Marathon" . InsideTheGames.biz . Retrieved September 14, 2021 . ^ "Women's 5000 metres T54 Results" (PDF) . 2020 Summer Paralympics . Archived (PDF) from the original on August 28, 2021. Retrieved August 28, 2021 .
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