Yen Hoang
Sport: Para Track and Field
Gold: 0 Silver: 0 Bronze: 0
Quick Facts
Birthday: March 8, 1997
Height: 4'9"
Age: 28
Hometown: Vancouver, WA
Education: University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Biography
Quick Facts
- Daughter of Minh Thi and Lien Hoang
- Has a sister, Anh Thi
- Family is Vietnamese
- First Paralympic competition was the 2014 U.S. Paralympics Track & Field National Championships
- Enjoys playing wheelchair basketball, cross-country and wheelchair rugby
- Hobbies include doing crafts in her free time, including oil painting and origami.
Career Highlights
- 2019 Parapan American Games, gold (800-meter)
- 2019 Parapan American Games, silver (400-meter)
- 2015 U.S. Paralympics Track & Field National Championships, 4th (100-meter), 5th (400-meter, 800-meter, 1,500-meter)
Paralympic Experience
- 1-time Paralympian;
- Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020, 8th (800m T53 - Women), 9th (100m T53 - Women, 400m T53 - Women)
World Championships Experience
- Most recent: 2015 – 9th (200m T53 - Women), 10th (100m T53 - Women)
- Years of participation: 100m T53 - Women 2015; 200m T53 - Women 2015
- Top finish: 9th – 2015 (200m T53 - Women)
