Taylor Swanson

Started: She began competing in Para athletics in 2022 at the Pine Cone Track & Field Classic in the United States of America. "I think it was my first race in eight years, so I had no expectations." (usparatf.org, 17 Nov 2023) Reason: She initially played football [soccer] before taking up athletics during high school. "I had friends and family force me into doing track. After the first practice, I fell in love with it." She later got involved in Para athletics on the advice of her physical therapist. (usparatf.org, 17 Nov 2023) Ambition: To compete at the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris. (usparatf.org, 17 Nov 2023) Additional Info: REPUBLIC OF KOREA TO THE UNITED STATES Born in the Republic of Korea, she was adopted at six months old by US couple Brian Swanson and Stacy Walker, who took her to the United States of America. She holds dual Korean and US citizenship. In 2016 she spent a month visiting her country of birth. "It was like culture shock. I think the funniest thing was people thinking that I could speak Korean, which I don't know much at all. The good thing was my mum knew someone there who knows English, so I stayed with her. That helped, rather than being on my own in a foreign country and not speaking the language." (usparatf.org, 17 Nov 2023) OCCUPATION She works as an office administrator for a prosthetics and orthotics company in the United States of America. (Evergreen Prosthetics and Orthotics Facebook page, 22 May 2024) OTHER STUDIES She has studied at Seattle Pacific University in the United States of America. (LinkedIn profile, 01 May 2018)