Kerri Morgan

Kerri Morgan (born June 11, 1974) is an American Paralympian T52 wheelchair racer. She won the 800 m event at the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships.

Personal life Morgan was born in 1974 in Port Jefferson, New York. She completed a degree in psychology at Texas Christian University, later gaining a master's degree in occupational therapy from Washington University in St. Louis. She later worked as an intern at the White House before taking on the role as occupational therapist at Washington University. In 2009, she was part of the U.S. Rugby team that won gold at the IWRF Americas Championship in Buenos Aires. She took to the track in an attempt to improve her speed on the rugby court, only to find that she had an aptitude to racing. The next year Morgan travelled to France to take part in the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships in Lyon. There she won the bronze in the 100 m, and silver in both the 200 m and 800 m, denied by her old rival, Michelle Stilwell.