Hannah Chadwick

Hannah Chadwick (born January 24,1992) is an American cyclist who competes in para-cycling tandem track events as a visually impaired athlete.

Hannah Chadwick

Personal information
Born	(1992-01-24) January 24, 1992 (age 33) China
Sport
Country	United States
Sport	Cycling
Medal record Women's para-cycling Representing the  United States Track World Championships 2023 Glasgow Tandem sprint B 2024 Rio de Janeiro Team sprint B Parapan American Games 2023 Santiago Pursuit B 2023 Santiago Time trial B

Early life

Chadwick was born in China and spent her early childhood with an adoptive family on a farm, before being sent to an orphanage so she could receive an education. She has been blind since birth.^[1] She moved to Arcata, California when she was adopted by Patricia Chadwick and Stephen Dias at age 12.^[2] She attended college at University of California, Davis where she received a bachelor's degree in international relations and Mandarin Chinese.^[3]

Career

Chadwick relocated to the United States Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado to live and train together in the same place as her pilot Mary-Kate Wintz. Chadwick and Wintz trained together since 2019. She made her UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships debut in 2022, where she finished in fifth place in the tandem B team sprint.^[4][5]

In July 2023, she was named to Team USA's Track World Championships roster for the 2023 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships.^[6] During the championships she won a bronze medal in the tandem sprint B event with her pilot Skyler Espinoza, defeating their Italian opponents by .033 seconds. This was the first and only sprint race they had competed together in as a tandem.^[7] Later that year she competed at the 2023 Parapan American Games and won two gold medals.^[8][9] On the first day of the competition, she won gold in the 3,000-meter individual pursuit race with a time of 3:45.752. On the next day, she won gold in the 1,000-meter time trial with a Parapan American Games record time of 1:12.265.^[10] She also competed in the women's road race B and finished in fourth place with a time of 2:23.29.^[11][12]

In February 2024, she was named to Team USA's Track World Championships roster for the 2024 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships.^[13] During the championships she won a bronze medal in the team sprint B event. This was the United States' first medal of the championships.^[14]