Leanne Smith

Daughter of Mark and Kay Smith. Has five brothers: Ryan, Eric, Matthew, William and Bobby
In 2010, Smith experienced a sudden onset of facial paralysis and numbness, as well as tingling and weakness on her left side
She spent the next five months in the hospital as doctors tried to figure out the cause of her symptoms
She was diagnosed with a rare neurological muscle disease called dystonia in January 2012
She began swimming in 2013 as part of an aquatic rehabilitation session recommended by her physiotherapist
In August 2014, she encountered a setback when she began experiencing seizures and was hospitalized for two months
In 2017, as a resident athlete at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado, she set the American, Pan Am and world record in the S4 50-meter butterfly at the 2017 U.S. Paralympic Swimming World Championships Trials
Was named to the U.S. Women’s Sled Hockey developmental team in 2015.

2-time Paralympian; 5-time Paralympic medalist (2 gold, 3 silver)
- Paralympic Games Paris 2024, gold (100m Freestyle S3 - Women, 50m Freestyle S4 - Women), silver (4 x 50m Freestyle Relay 20 Points - Mixed, 4 x 50m Medley Relay 20 Points - Mixed), 9th (150m Individual Medley SM4 - Women, 50m Breaststroke SB3 - Women)
- Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020, silver (100m Freestyle S3 - Women), 5th (150m Individual Medley SM4 - Women, 50m Breaststroke SB3 - Women), 6th (50m Backstroke S3 - Women)

Most recent: 2025 - gold (50m freestyle S3 - Women, 200m freestyle S3 - Women); silver (50m Backstroke S3 - Women, 150m IM SM3 - Women), bronze (4x50m medley relay 20 pts - Mixed, 4x50m Freestyle Relay 20 pts - Mixed)
Years of participation: 100m Freestyle S3 - Women 2019, 2022, 2023; 150m Individual Medley SM3 - Women 2022, 2023, 2025; 200m Freestyle S3 - Women 2022, 2023; 50m Backstroke S3 - Women 2019, 2022, 2023, 2025; 50m Breaststroke SB3 - Women 2019, 2022, 2023; 50m Freestyle S3 - Women 2022, 2023, 2025; 200m Freestyle S4 - Women 2022; 200m Freestyle S3 - Women 2025; 4 x 50m Medley Relay 20 Points - Mixed 2022, 2025; 150m Individual Medley SM4 - Women 2019; 4 x 50m Freestyle Relay 20 Points - Mixed 2017, 2025; 50m Butterfly S5 - Women 2017; 50m Freestyle S4 - Women 2017
Medals: 18 (12 gold, 3 silver, 3 bronze)
- Gold – 2025 (50m Freestyle S3 - Women, 200m Freestyle S3 - Women); 2022 (100m Freestyle S3 - Women, 150m Individual Medley SM3 - Women, 200m Freestyle S3 - Women, 4 x 50m Medley Relay 20 Points - Mixed, 50m Backstroke S3 - Women, 50m Breaststroke SB3 - Women, 50m Freestyle S3 - Women); 2019 (100m Freestyle S3 - Women, 150m Individual Medley SM4 - Women, 50m Breaststroke SB3 - Women)
- Silver – 2025 (50m Backstroke S3 - Women, 150m IM SM3 - Women); 2019 (50m Backstroke S3 - Women)
- Bronze – 2025 (4x50m medley relay 20 pts - Mixed, 4x50m Freestyle Relay 20 pts - Mixed); 2023 (200m Freestyle S3 - Women)

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