Background
Morgan was born in 1974 in Portuguese Jefferson, New New York
Morgan was born in 1974 in Portuguese Jefferson, New New York
She completed a degree in psychology at Texas Christian University, later gaining a master"s degree in occupational therapy from Washington University.
She later worked as an intern at the White House before taking on the role as occupational therapist at Washington University. Morgan did not set out to be a wheelchair sprint athlete, preferring to play wheelchair rugby and became the first woman to make the United States. rugby team 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.
In 2007 she took first place in the 200m and second place in the 100m at the United States. national meet.
Her success at the trials saw her chosen for both sprint events in the T52 class at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing. In Beijing Morgan finished fifth in both races.
In 2011 she joined the United States. team at the IPC Athletics World Championships in Christchurch, New Zealand. Morgan competed in four events, 100m, 200m, 400m and 800m.
In all three events where she finished second she was beaten by Canadian Michelle Stilwell, but at 800m it was Morgan who beat Stilwell into second place.
Morgan qualified for her second Paralympic Games in 2012 in London. She entered both the 100m and 200m sprint taking bronze in both. The next year Morgan travelled to France to take part in the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships in Lyon.
At the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships in Christchurch, New Zealand, she won the Women"s 800m - T52 race becoming world champion. In 2009 she was part of the United States. Rugby team that won gold at the IWRF Americas Championship in Buenos Aires. The next year she achieved the same results at the United States. Paralympic Trials for Track and Field event at Tempe, Arizona. She won the 800m becoming world champion in the T52 class, while she collected silver in the other three races. There she won the bronze in the 100m, and silver in both the 200m and 800m, denied by her old rival, Michelle Stilwell.
