Aaron Pike

Aaron Pike (born May 4, 1986) His father served in the military, and as a result, Pike grew up in four different US states, and spent time in Germany. He studied at Ramstein High School in Kaiserslautern, Germany. At the age of 13, he was accidentally shot in a hunting accident in Virginia, US, which damaged his spinal cord. Pike is engaged to fellow summer and winter Paralympian Oksana Masters.

Wheelchair racing career Pike started wheelchair racing in 2006, At the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships, he finished 26th and last in the heats of the 1,500 meters T54 event, and 19th overall in the marathon T54 race.

At the 2012 Summer Paralympics, he came sixteenth in the marathon T54 event, and was eliminated in the heats of the 1,500 meters and 5,000 meters T54 events. In 2013, he came second at the Twin Cities Marathon. Pike came seventh at the 2016 London Marathon and eighth at the 2016 New York City Marathon. He came seventh again at the 2017 London Marathon, and fourth at the 2018 New York City Marathon. He finished ninth at the 2019 London Marathon, and fourth again at the 2019 New York City Marathon. In the same year, he came 8th in the 5,000 meters T54 event at the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships. He has won the Grandma's Marathon on three occasions, he did not compete at the 2021 Grandma's Marathon, due to a scheduling clash. He came ninth in his 1,500 meters heat, and did not qualify for the final. He came third in his 800 meters heat, and again did not qualify for the final. Pike came sixth in the marathon T54 race. Pike came fifth at the 2021 London Marathon. He competed at the 2021 Chicago and Boston Marathons on consecutive days; the races were apart.

Pike finished second at the 2022 Boston Marathon in a time of 1:32:49. He was almost six minutes behind race winner Daniel Romanchuk. Later in the year, he finished third at the 2022 Chicago Marathon, after losing to Romanchuk in a sprint finish for second place.

Pike competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, competing in the 1500 meters T54, 500 meters T54 and Marathon T54 events.

Winter sports career After the 2012 Summer Paralympics, Pike took up skiing, He was invited to try skiing by a coach of the U.S. Paralympic Nordic Skiing National Team, and joined the US team in 2013.

In February 2022, Pike was included in the American team for the 2022 Winter Paralympics. In biathlon, he finished eighth in the 6 km sitting biathlon sprint event, ninth in the 12.5 km sitting event, and 15th in the 10 km sitting event. He came sixth in his semi-final in the 1.5 km sprint sitting cross-country event, and did not qualify for the final.

Pike won the 12.5 km seated event at the 2023 World Para Nordic Skiing Championships. He also finished second in the 7.5 km sprint and 10 km events.

At the 2025 Para Biathlon World Championships, Pike won the 7.5 km seated event.