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![]() Mitchell at the 2015 Parapan American Games | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Muskogee, Oklahoma, U.S.[1] | June 8, 1981||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alma mater | Oklahoma State University Emory Georgia Tech | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scientific career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fields | Chemical engineering Biomedical engineering | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Institutions | Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 121 lb (55 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | T51/F51 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cassie Mitchell (born June 8, 1981) is an American engineer and Paralympic cyclist and track and field athlete.
Early life
[edit]Mitchell was born in Muskogee, Oklahoma, and graduated from high school in Warner in 1999 as valedictorian of her class; shortly thereafter, she developed neuromyelitis optica, which left her paralyzed from the chest down with limited movement of her arms and hands and with permanent double vision.[1] In 2004, she graduated from Oklahoma State University with a BS degree in chemical engineering. She later earned a PhD in biomedical engineering from both Emory and Georgia Tech universities.
Academic career
[edit]Currently, she is a research professor at Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at both universities.[2]
Paralympic career
[edit]Mitchell won a silver medal at the 2011 IPC World Championships and the same year won five gold medals at the UCI World Para-cycling Championships and National Para-cycling Championships. In 2010, she won the national Para-cycling Championships for H1 criterium.[1] She holds American and world records in multiple track and field events and medaled in discus throw and club throw at the 2016 Rio Paralympics.[3] She placed fourth in the 100 m, 200 m and discus throw at the 2012 Paralympics.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "Cassie Mitchell". Team USA. United States Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on August 26, 2015. Retrieved July 11, 2013.
- ^ "Cassie Mitchell Represents USA in 2012 London Paralympics". Oklahoma State University. Archived from the original on July 12, 2013. Retrieved July 11, 2013.
- ^ "Cassie Mitchell". rio2016.com. Archived from the original on October 24, 2016. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
External links
[edit]Media related to Cassie Mitchell at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website
- Cassie Mitchell publications indexed by Google Scholar