{{Short description|American Paralympic athlete (born 1994)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2020}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Chelsea McClammer | nickname = | image = 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships - 26072013 - Chelsea McClammer of USA during the Women's 400m - T53 first semifinal.jpg | imagesize = | caption = McClammer in 2013 | nationality = | sport = Paralympic athletics |disability = Paraplegia |disability_class = T53 | event = | club = | coach = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1994|3|1|mf=y}} | birth_place = Benton City, Washington, United States | residence = | education = University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | retired= | death_date = | death_place = | height = 1.65m | weight = 45kg | pb = | country = {{USA}} | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Paralympic athletics}} {{Medal|Country|{{USA}}}} {{Medal|Competition|Paralympic Games}} {{Medal|Silver|2016 Rio de Janeiro|400m T53}} {{Medal|Silver|2016 Rio de Janeiro|5000m T54}} {{Medal|Bronze|2016 Rio de Janeiro|1500m T54}} {{Medal|Competition|World Championships}} {{Medal|Silver|2017 London|400m T53}} {{Medal|Bronze|2013 Lyon|200m T53}} {{Medal|Bronze|2015 Doha|5000m T54}} {{Medal|Bronze|2017 London|800m T54}} {{Medal|Bronze|2017 London|5000m T54}} {{Medal|Competition|Parapan American Games}} {{Medal|Gold|2011 Guadalajara|100m T53}} {{Medal|Gold|2011 Guadalajara|200m T53}} {{Medal|Gold|2011 Guadalajara|400m T53}} {{Medal|Gold|2011 Guadalajara|1500m T54}} {{Medal|Gold|2011 Guadalajara|5000m T54}} {{Medal|Gold|2015 Toronto|400m T53}} {{Medal|Gold|2015 Toronto|800m T53}} }} '''Chelsea McClammer''' (born March 1, 1994) is an American Paralympic athlete with Team USA, she has won two silver medals and one bronze at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.
==Early life== McClammer played basketball, tennis and athletics as a child, but injured her spinal cord in a car accident when she was six years old and then she had to start with a wheelchair.<ref name = "Santoliquito">{{cite web |last1=Santoliquito |first1=Joseph |title=Paralympian McClammer's Talent Taking Her Places |url=https://www.maxpreps.com/news/PofJxzNLEd6pcwAcxJTdpg/paralympian-mcclammers-talent-taking-her-places.htm |website=MaxPreps |access-date=December 10, 2019 |date=April 27, 2009}}</ref>
==Career== Chelsea McClammer started competing in wheelchair racing when she was a tween.<ref>{{cite web |title=Benton City Athlete to Compete in Beijing Paralympics |url=https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/benton-city-athlete-to-compete-in-beijing-paralympics/article_3813a82b-e0a2-5e08-86c8-4ff88b1dfa4c.html |website=NBC Right Now |access-date=December 10, 2019 |date=August 16, 2008}}</ref> She was introduced to wheelchair racing at a sports convention and hired coach Teresa Skinner to train her for competitive racing.<ref name = "Santoliquito"/> With Skinner as her coach, McClammer qualified for the U.S. Paralympics Track and Field Nationals at the age of 12.<ref name = "gold">{{cite web |last1=Blanco |first1=Annemarie |title=Going for the Gold: How fate led Chelsea McClammer to the track |url=https://www.teamusa.org/US-Paralympics/Features/2015/July/17/Going-for-the-Gold-How-fate-led-Chelsea-McClammer-to-the-track |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150804013429/http://www.teamusa.org/US-Paralympics/Features/2015/July/17/Going-for-the-Gold-How-fate-led-Chelsea-McClammer-to-the-track |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 4, 2015 |website=teamusa.org |access-date=December 10, 2019 |date=July 17, 2015}}</ref> thumb|left|McClammer in 2018
As a freshman in high school, McClammer became the youngest member of Team USA in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing at 14 years old.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Leaming |first1=Sara |title=Girl from Spokane team racing her way to Beijing |url=https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2008/jul/01/girl-from-spokane-team-racing-her-way-to-beijing/ |access-date=December 10, 2019 |publisher=The Spokesman-Review |date=July 1, 2008}}</ref> In Beijing, McClammer qualified for the T54 finals and bested her personal record.<ref>{{cite web |title=Team St. Luke's Athlete Returns from 2008 Paralympics in Beijing |url=https://www.st-lukes.org/Why-St-Lukes/Newsroom/News/Team-St-Luke-s-Athlete-Returns-from-2008-Paralympics-in-Beijing/ |website=st-lukes.org |access-date=December 10, 2019 |date=September 18, 2008}}</ref> She missed the first two weeks of school at Kiona-Benton City High School but upon her return, McClammer joined the school's cross country team. While competing with the team, she set a new state record with a time of 7:29 for 2.1 miles.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lotze |first1=Katherine |title=Chelsea McClammer: State Champion and Veteran Paralympian |url=https://wa.milesplit.com/articles/20654/chelsea-mcclammer-state-champion-and-veteran-paralympian |website=MileSplit WA |access-date=December 10, 2019 |date=November 10, 2008}}</ref> However, after undergoing surgery for scoliosis, she competed in class T53.<ref>{{cite web |title=McClammer has plenty of reasons to smile |url=https://www.teamusa.org/us-paralympics/features/2011/november/09/mcclammer-has-plenty-of-reasons-to-smile |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140106232400/http://www.teamusa.org/US-Paralympics/Features/2011/November/09/McClammer-has-plenty-of-reasons-to-smile |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 6, 2014 |website=teamusa.org |access-date=December 10, 2019 |date=November 9, 2011}}</ref>
In 2011, McClammer earned a bronze medal in the 800-meter race at the 2011 Parapan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico.<ref>{{cite news |title=Richland High senior wins gold at games |url=https://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/article32036013.html |access-date=December 10, 2019 |publisher=Tri-City Herald |date=November 17, 2011}}</ref> She also earned a gold medal with a time of 34.55 in the women's 200m T53, and another at the 100m.<ref>{{cite web |title=Three Track World Records Smashed on Day 4 of Parapan Athletics |url=https://www.paralympic.org/news/three-track-world-records-smashed-day-4-parapan-athletics |website=paralympic.org |access-date=December 10, 2019 |date=November 18, 2011}}</ref> Upon graduating from high school, McClammer enrolled at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.<ref>{{cite news |title=Benton City wheelchair track athlete McClammer takes silver at Rio Paralympics |url=https://www.tri-cityherald.com/sports/olympics/article101251082.html |access-date=December 10, 2019 |publisher=Tri-City Herald |date=September 11, 2016}}</ref>
As a student at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, McClammer was named to Team USA's 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships team and competed in the women's 200 meters.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Blanchard|first1=Jamie M.|title=TEAM USA NAMED FOR 2013 IPC ATHLETICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS |url=https://www.teamusa.org/US-Paralympics/Features/2013/June/18/Team-USA-named-for-2013-IPC-Athletics-World-Championships|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130622122016/http://www.teamusa.org/US-Paralympics/Features/2013/June/18/Team-USA-named-for-2013-IPC-Athletics-World-Championships|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 22, 2013|website=teamusa.org |access-date=December 10, 2019 |date=June 18, 2013}}</ref> McClammer won a bronze medal in the women's 200 meters T53 race with a time of 31.95.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Blanchard |first1=Jamie M. |title=Tatyana McFadden wins first title at 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships |url=https://www.teamusa.org/US-Paralympics/Features/2013/July/21/Tatyana-McFadden-wins-first-title-at-2013-IPC-Athletics-World-Championships |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130822120939/http://www.teamusa.org/US-Paralympics/Features/2013/July/21/Tatyana-McFadden-wins-first-title-at-2013-IPC-Athletics-World-Championships |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 22, 2013 |website=teamusa.org |access-date=December 10, 2019 |date=July 21, 2013}}</ref> She later competed with Team USA at the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lau |first1=Mary Kate |title=Meet the 2015 IPC Marathon World Championship Team |url=https://www.teamusa.org/US-Paralympics/Features/2015/February/05/Meet-the-2015-IPC-Marathon-World-Championship-team |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150315075139/http://www.teamusa.org/US-Paralympics/Features/2015/February/05/Meet-the-2015-IPC-Marathon-World-Championship-team |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 15, 2015 |website=teamusa.org |access-date=December 10, 2019 |date=February 5, 2015}}</ref> She finished the competition placing fourth in the 800 T54 meter race.<ref>{{cite web |title=Team USA Closes Paralympic Track And Field Worlds With 39 Medals |url=http://www.ehandicapworldrecords.org/en/article/team-usa-closes-paralympic-track-and-field-worlds-with-39-medals |website=ehandicapworldrecords.org |access-date=December 10, 2019 |date=October 31, 2015}}</ref>
In 2016, McClammer won two silver medals and one bronze in the women's 5,000 meters-T53/54, 4×400 relay-T53/54, and 1500 meter races at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.<ref>{{cite news |title=Benton City's McClammer earns 2 more silvers at 2016 Rio Paralympics |url=https://www.tri-cityherald.com/sports/olympics/article102086772.html |access-date=December 10, 2019 |publisher=Tri City-Herald |date=September 15, 2016}}</ref> The next year, she competed with Team USA at the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships where she won a silver medal with a time of 55.50.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Tammaro |first1=Brianna |title=Tatyana McFadden Completes Four-Event Sweep At World Para Athletics Championships |url=https://www.teamusa.org/News/2017/July/19/Tatyana-McFadden-Completes-Four-Event-Sweep-At-World-Para-Athletics-Championships |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170720070124/http://www.teamusa.org/News/2017/July/19/Tatyana-McFadden-Completes-Four-Event-Sweep-At-World-Para-Athletics-Championships |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 20, 2017 |website=teamusa.org |access-date=December 10, 2019 |date=July 19, 2017}}</ref>
In 2019, McClammer tested positive for hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ), a prohibited diuretic. USADA found that the HCTZ appeared as a trace contaminant in a permitted prescription drug, without McClammer's knowledge and without cause of negligence. As a result, she accepted a finding of no fault and was not disqualified from any past or future competitions.<ref>{{cite web |title=U.S. Paralympic Track & Field Athlete Chelsea McClammer Accepts Finding of No Fault |url=https://www.usada.org/sanction/chelsea-mcclammer-accepts-finding-of-no-fault/ |website=usada.org |access-date=December 10, 2019 |date=March 8, 2019}}</ref>
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