Annie Carey

Started: She took up the sport at age seven at the Treasure Valley YMCA in Boise, ID, United States of America. (challengedathletes.org, 01 Jan 2019) Reason: She was inspired to take up the sport after watching South African Para sprinter Oscar Pistorius compete at the 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games in London. "When I was seven I saw Oscar Pistorius run in the [2012] London Paralympics and I told my mum that I wanted to run in the Paralympics and win a gold. After bugging her for a month, she found a Para athletics club through the YMCA." (challengedathletes.org, 01 Jan 2019; sheplayswewin.com, 01 Jan 2016) Ambition: To compete at the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris. (boisestatepublicradio.org, 15 Jul 2024) Additional Info: FROM CHINA TO THE UNITED STATES She was born in the People's Republic of China and was adopted by a US family at around age two. (sheplayswewin.com, 01 Jan 2016)