About Shea Cowart
Born 1979. Shea Cowart is an American athletics competitor.
Shea Cowart is an American sprinter and winner of two gold medals at the 2000 Summer Paralympics.
At age six she contracted meningococcemia, which resulted in both of her legs being amputated below the knee. At the 2000 Summer Paralympics, she won a gold medal and broke the world record in the women's T44 class 100 m race, and won another gold in the T44 200 m event.
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Who is Shea Cowart?
American paralympic sprinter
When was Shea Cowart born?
Shea Cowart was born in 1979.
What is Shea Cowart's occupation?
Shea Cowart is an athletics competitor.
What nationality is Shea Cowart?
Shea Cowart is American.
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