Morgan Stickney
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| Nationality | American | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | June 16, 1997 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Para swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | S7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Morgan Stickney (born June 16, 1997) is an American para swimmer who represented the United States at the 2020 and 2024 Summer Paralympics.[1] She is a three-time Paralympic gold medalist and holds four para swimming world records.[2][3]
Early life and education
[edit | edit source]Stickney was raised in Bedford, New Hampshire, and emerged as a top-ranked distance swimmer by age 13. She enrolled at Biola University in 2016, and later earned a Bachelor of Science in Applied Psychology in 2023.[2] She lives in Cary, North Carolina.[4]
Career
[edit | edit source]Stickney represented the United States at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in the women's 400 metre freestyle S8 event and won a gold medal. She also competed in the women's 4 × 100 m medley relay 34pts and won a gold medal.[5]
On April 14, 2022, Stickney was named to the roster to represent the United States at the 2022 World Para Swimming Championships.[6] On April 29, 2023, Stickney was named to the roster to represent the United States at the 2023 World Para Swimming Championships.[7]
At the 2024 Summer Paralympics, Stickney won a gold medal in the 400-meter freestyle S7 event, setting a new Paralympic world record. She also won a silver medal in the 100-meter freestyle S7 event.[2][8]
At the 2025 World Para Swimming Championships in Singapore, Stickney won two individual world titles, taking gold in the women's 400 m freestyle S7 (22 September) and the women's 100 m freestyle S7 (27 September).[9][10][11]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]As a teenager, Stickney suffered what initially appeared to be a routine foot injury. However, her condition deteriorated due to a rare vascular disease that compromised circulation and led to bone and tissue death. After years of pain and failed treatments, her left leg was amputated below the knee in May 2018. Just over a year later, in October 2019, Stickney underwent a second below-the-knee amputation, this time on her right leg.[2][12][13][4]
References
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External links
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- Morgan Stickney at the International Paralympic Committee
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- Morgan Stickney at the IPC Tokyo 2020 website Archived September 24, 2021, at the Wayback Machine
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- 1997 births
- Living people
- American disabled sportspeople
- American female freestyle swimmers
- Biola University alumni
- Paralympic swimmers for the United States
- Paralympic gold medalists for the United States
- Paralympic silver medalists for the United States
- Paralympic medalists in swimming
- Medalists at the World Para Swimming Championships
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
- Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Swimmers at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
- 21st-century American sportswomen
- S7-classified para swimmers
- S8-classified para swimmers