Alexa Halko

Alexa Halko (born June 28, 2000) is a parasport athlete from the United States competing mainly in T34 classification sprint and middle-distance events. She competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio, where she won a bronze and two silver medals for her country, and followed this with a second bronze five years later at the Tokyo Paralympics.

Personal history Halko was born in Midwest City, Oklahoma, USA in 2000. Presently residing in Williamsburg, Virginia she attended Jamestown High School, graduating in 2018. Halko has cerebral palsy. In her first race, the 100 metres (T34) she edged out Amy Siemons of the Netherlands by one hundredth of a second to take the bronze medal. Halko finished her first Paralympics with a second silver, finishing again behind Cockroft in the 800 metres (T34).

The following year Halko travelled to London to compete in her second World Championship, winning bronze in the 100 metres and silver in both the 400 metres and 800 metres.