Hannah Dederick
Sport: Para Track and Field
Gold: 0 Silver: 0 Bronze: 0
Quick Facts
Birthday: November 20, 2002
Height: 5'5"
Age: 22
Hometown: Mead, WA
Education: University of Illinois
Biography
Quick Facts
- Daughter of Don and Lori Dederick and has five siblings - Caleb, Courtney, Heather, Jonathan and Stephen
- Born with spina bifida
- Abandoned at the steps of a hospital in Suzhou, China and adopted from an orphanage by a volunteer from the United States, Lori.
- Known as “Princess” in her orphanage
- Learned about wheelchair track in 2015 through Shriners Children’s Hospital, which connected her with ParaSport Spokane
- Hobbies include photography, traveling, watching movies, listening to music and playing with animals
- Also plays wheelchair basketball
Paralympic Experience
- 2-time Paralympian;
- Paralympic Games Paris 2024, 4th (400m T54 - Women), 6th (100m T54 - Women), 7th (800m T54 - Women)
- Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020, 4th (100m T54 - Women), 10th (400m T54 - Women)
World Championships Experience
- Most recent: 2023 – 6th (100m T54 - Women), 7th (800m T54 - Women), 8th (400m T54 - Women)
- Years of participation: 100m T54 - Women 2019, 2023; 400m T54 - Women 2023; 800m T54 - Women 2023
- Top finish: 6th – 2019 (100m T54 - Women), 2023 (100m T54 - Women)
