Name: Emelia Perry
Age: 31
Hometown: Philadelphia, Pa.
Classification: PTWC
Career Highlights
Perry will make her Paralympic debut in Paris. … 2022 Paratriathlon National Champion. … Has earned six podiums and two wins in 12 World Triathlon starts. … Winner of the 2022 Broad Street 10 Miler.
Personal
Perry has been a member of the U.S. Paratriathlon Resident Team in Colorado Springs, Colorado, since 2023. … A runner before sustaining a spinal cord injury in 2017, Perry started competing in wheelchair racing and triathlon in 2022. … Born in Philadelphia, Perry moved with her family to Osaka, Japan, when she was a baby. … She moved back to the U.S. in 2011 to attend school at Ursinus College in Collegeville, Pennsylvania, to study exercise science.
Elite Triathlon Career
2024: 2024 Americas Triathlon Para Championships Miami, 3rd place • 2024 World Triathlon Para Series Devonport, 4th place • 2024 World Triathlon Para Series Yokohama, 5th place • 2024 World Triathlon Para Cup Taranto, 1st place • 2024 World Triathlon Para Series Montreal, 5th place.
2023: 2023 Americas Triathlon Para Championships Sarasota, 4th place • 2023 World Triathlon Para Series Yokohama, 7th place • 2023 World Triathlon Para Series Montreal, 6th place • 2023 World Triathlon Para Cup Long Beach, 2nd place • 2023 World Triathlon Para Championships Pontevedra, 8th place • 2023 World Triathlon Para Cup Alhandra, 3rd place • 2023 World Triathlon Para Cup Taranto, 2nd place.
2022: 2022 USA Paratriathlon National Championships, 1st place.