Qualified - Paris 2024
Pensacola, FL
Colorado Mesa University '28
Emma Meyers
Sport: Paratriathlon
Age: 18
Hometown: Pensacola, Fla.
Classification: PTS4
Career Highlights
Meyers is set to make her Paralympic debut in Paris. She has earned 10 podiums and three wins in 15 World Triathlon starts. She earned her World Triathlon Para Series win in 2023 at Swansea and won the 2022 Paratriathlon National Championship.
Personal
The youngest member of the U.S. Paralympic Triathlon Team, Meyers this spring signed her national letter of intent to compete in NCAA Division II triathlon at Colorado Mesa University. … Meyers was born with fibular hemimelia, a congenital limb deficiency that limits growth of the calf bone. Her leg was amputated below the knee when she was just a toddler, two months after being adopted from China by parents Jacob and Leah. … She started her triathlon journey in 2017.
Elite Triathlon Career
2024: 2024 Americas Triathlon Para Championships Miami, 2nd place • 2024 World Triathlon Para Series Yokohama, 6th place • 2024 World Triathlon Para Series Montreal, 6th place.
2023: 2023 Americas Triathlon Para Championships Sarasota, 2nd place • 2023 World Triathlon Para Series Devonport, 2nd place • 2023 Americas Triathlon Para Cup St. Peters Missouri, 1st place • 2023 World Triathlon Para Series Yokohama, 3rd place • 2023 World Triathlon Para Series Montreal, 2nd place • 2023 World Triathlon Para Series Swansea, 1st place • 2023 World Triathlon Para Cup Paris, 5th place • 2023 World Triathlon Para Championships Pontevedra, 5th place.
2024: 2022 Americas Triathlon Para Championships Sarasota-Bradenton, 2nd place • 2022 World Triathlon Para Cup Besancon, 3rd place • 2022 USA Paratriathlon National Championships, 1st place • 2022 World Triathlon Para Cup Alanya, 4th place • 2022 World Triathlon Para Championships Abu Dhabi, 8th place.
Eighteen-year-old Emma Meyers has had a summer and fall of a lifetime. On Sept. 2, she dove into the River Seine in Paris, becoming one of the youngest Paralympic triathletes in history, as a member of the U.S. Paralympic Triathlon Team at the Paris 2...
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