2007: Third place, 1500m - Boiling Point Wheelchair Track Classic, Windsor, Ontario, Canada. 2007: First place (5000m), second place (400m), third place (800m) - Meet in the Heat, Atlanta, GA. 2008: Gold medal, 5000m T54 silver medal, Marathon T54 bronze medal, 800m T53 bronze medal, Women's 4 x 100m relay T53/T54 - Paralympic Games, Beijing, China. 2009: First place- Grandma's Marathon. 2011: First Place- New York City Marathon. The women's wheelchair race at the 2011 London marathon (left to right: Sandra Graf, Shelly Woods, Tatyana McFadden, and Amanda McGrory) But I was the coolest kid in school because I had a wheelchair." Selected results I couldn't ride a two-wheeler anymore, but my friends could still be outside. "But I think it's usually better when you are young because kids are resilient. Such an occurrence was "I think there was one chance in six million," she said. McGrory was diagnosed with transverse myelitis when she was five years old, after an allergy shot inflamed her spinal cord. 
She has also competed in the World Championships for Track and Field (2006, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017) and Marathon (2015), winning 10 medals over the years (3 gold, 3 silver, 4 bronze). She won both the 2009 London and 2006 New York Marathon wheelchair races.
McGrory earned four medals during the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China: gold in the 5000 meters, silver in the marathon, and bronze in both the 800 meters and the 4×100 meter relay. While an undergraduate she competed both in basketball and in track and field. She attended the University of Illinois, graduating in 2010 with a bachelor's degree in psychology and in 2018 with a masters in information science. McGrory graduated from Unionville High School in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. Amanda McGrory (born June 9, 1986) is an American wheelchair athlete.
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