Background
Marianna was born in Sun Valley, Idaho on December 1, 1972.
Marianna was born in Sun Valley, Idaho on December 1, 1972.
She continued to compete and also graduated from Stanford University in 1995.
She was a keen skier and an accident when she was sixteen years old left her paralysed from the chest down. Davis has travelled widely and competed in a number of disciplines. In 2002 she was in a team of four disabled climbers who reached the summit of the 14,179 feet (4,322 m) Mount Shasta in California.
Davis was the first female paraplegic to climb a peak over 14,000 feet.
The journey was possible by using a Snowpod which is a hand cranked tracked snowmobile devised by Pete Rieke. In 2010 she added three more silver medals to her collection for participation at Paracycling World.
On September 7, 2012 she was awarded three gold medals at 2012 Summer Paralympics for individual H1-3 road race, H1-4 team relay, and H1-2 individual time trial.