MaryKate Callahan – MaryKate is an elite para-triathlete. She grew up in suburban Chicago, and at five months old, she contracted Transverse Myelitis which attacked her spinal cord with a TA-T10 level spinal cord injury, leaving her paraplegic. She has traveled the world competing in the sport of Triathlon, attending three world championships in which she placed in the Top 10. She is also a staunch disability advocate and a graduate of the University of Arizona.
You can follow MaryKate’s journey at the following social media;
Instagram mk.callahan
Twitter - @mkcallahan13
www.marykatecallahan.com
About Angel City Sports
Angel City Sports provides free, year-round adaptive sport clinics, equipment, and competitive opportunities for kids, adults, and veterans with physical disabilities or visual impairments. Angel City Sports’ flagship event, the annual Angel City Games presented by The Hartford, debuted in 2015 and is now the largest multi-sport Paralympic competition in the U.S. for kids, adults, and veterans. Participants include, but are not limited to, individuals with limb differences and amputation, spinal cord injury, quadriplegia, spina bifida, cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis, blindness or visual impairment, traumatic brain injury, stroke, muscular dystrophy, and dwarfism or short stature. Ultimately, Angel City Sports is working to create a community and sense of belonging for people with physical disabilities, supporting them to reach their full potential and unlock their dreams through its programming in sport, the arts, health and wellness, higher education, career opportunities, and personal development. To learn more, please visit http://www.angelcitysports.org and follow @angelcitysports on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Linked-in, and YouTube.
