Sharon Hedrick, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Sharon Hedrick

Weelchair sportswoman

Date of Birth: 26-Apr-1956

Place of Birth: Horsham, England, United Kingdom

Profession: basketball player, athletics competitor

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Sharon Hedrick (née Rahn, born April 26, 1956) is an American former paralympic swimmer, wheelchair racer and wheelchair basketballer. Hedrick was born in Horsham, Pennsylvania.
At the age of nine, she was accidentally shot by a 12-year-old boy playing with a loaded gun.
This left her paralyzed from the waist down.Hedrick is the only US athlete to have won gold in both the Olympic and Paralympic Games.Eight-time Boston Marathon winner and Paralympic athlete, Jean Driscoll, cites Hedrick as one of her sporting inspirations.