Jamie Whitmore
Paralympic Champion // Cancer Survivor // Mother
SPORT
Para-cycling – Road and Track
HOMETOWN
Somerset, California
CURRENT RESIDENCE
Somerset, California
FOLLOW Jamie
ABOUT JAMIE
- Diagnosed with spindle cell sarcoma in 2008, and later diagnosed with drop foot
- Mother of twin boys Christian and Ryder
- Ran cross-country and track on scholarship at California State University, Northridge
- Coaches over 30 athletes for off-road and road triathlons
- Enjoys riding dirt jumps and mountain biking with her sons
HIGHLIGHTS
- 2x Paralympian (2016, 2020)
- Paralympic Champion (2016: road race)
- 2x Paralympic medalist (2016: gold, road race; silver, pursuit)
- 11x World Champion (2017: track time trial, track scratch; 2015: track time trial, road time trial, road race; 2014: road time trial, road race, pursuit, track time trial; 2013: road time trial, road race)
- 22x World Championship medalist (11 gold, 4 silver, 7 bronze)
- 3x Parapan American Games medalist (2023: silver, road time trial; silver, road race; silver, pursuit)
- Set world records in the 500m time trial and 3k pursuit
- Most successful female athlete in XTERRA (swimming, mountain biking, trail running triathlon) history (37 championship wins, 6 national titles, 1 world title)
- 2014 ESPY winner (Best Female Athlete with a Disability)
- Inducted into the Sacramento Sports Hall of Fame
