Sarah Reinertsen
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May 22, 1975 New York, USA |
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| Residence | California, USA | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 0 in (1.52 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | www |
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| Sport | paratriathlete | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability | proximal femoral focal deficiency | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | TRI-2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Sarah Reinertsen (born 22 May 1975) is an American paratriathlete and former Paralympic track athlete. She was born with proximal femoral focal deficiency, a bone-growth disorder; her affected leg was amputated above the knee at age seven.
Inspired by amputee marathon runner Paddy Rossbach, Reinertsen began to run at age 11. At her first international track meet, when she was 13, she broke the 100 m world record for female above-knee amputees. Her T42 400 m world record time, set in 1999, still stands today.
Reinertsen was a member of the US Disabled Track Team for 7 years. She represented the USA at the 1992 Summer Paralympics but found herself racing arm amputees due to low numbers of female competitors. Although she was then world record holder in her own classification, she came last in her heat.
Reinertsen was the first female leg amputee to complete the Ironman World Championship in Kona, Hawaii. She first attempted the race in 2004, but was disqualified when she reached the end of the bike course 15 minutes after cut-off time. She returned to Kona in 2005, with a motto of 'Unfinished Business', and crossed the finish line in just over 15 hours.
Reinertsen has run marathons around the world, including NYC, LA, Millennium New Zealand, London and Boston. In 2011, she was the first female leg amputee to run in The Great Wall Marathon in China, completing the 10k event in 1:49.
Reinertsen has broken the women's above-knee amputee marathon record several times but does not currently hold it.
In 2003, 2007 and 2009, Reinertsen was ITU Paratriathlon World Champion in her classification. She placed second (behind ) in 2011. Reinertsen was a member of the USA Triathlon Paratriathlon National Team in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011.
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