It's official--Grace Norman will be representing the United States of America at the 2021 Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan. The games will take place August 24 to September 5.
Norman is the reigning 2016 Paralympic Gold Medalist in the PT4 Triathlon and Bronze recipient in the 400 meters in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. At 18 years of age, she was the youngest athlete in the field and the first to win the women's gold medal in the paratriathlon, as the sport debuted at the Games in Rio.
While Grace Norman is training for the 2021 Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, Triathlete Magazine is promoting the USA Olympic program through the two most prominent triathletes for #TeamUSA--Morgan Pearson in the Olympics and Norman, a Paralympic gold medalist. The magazine is currently available and it features stories on Norman and Pearson, both who appear on the magazine's cover.
Norman, who graduated from Cedarville University (Ohio) in 2020 with a bachelor's degree in nursing, is currently training for the 2021 Games in South Bend, Indiana. She is a committed Christian, "a child of God." As a college athlete at Cedarville, Norman earned National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA) All-America honors her senior year. Norman was a member of the Great Midwest Athletic Conference All-Academic team in 2017-18, and a member of the All-Freshman team in 2016-17.
