Name: Shawn Morelli
Sport: Cycling
Discipline(s):
Road Cycling, Track Cycling
Event(s): Time Trial, Road Race, Pursuit, Team Sprint
Classification: WC4
Height: 5-8
DOB: 3/29/1976
Birthplace: Greenville, Pa.
Hometown: Meadville, Pa.
High School: Saegertown High School (Saegertown, Pennsylvania) ‘94
College: Marion Military Institute ‘96; Pennsylvania State University – University Park, History ‘98; Webster University (Masters) ‘01, Public Administration
Paralympic Experience
- Two-time Paralympian (2016, 2020); Four-time Paralympic Medalist (3 golds, 1 silver)
- Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020, gold (time trial), silver (individual pursuit), 9th (road race)
- Paralympic Games Rio 2016, gold (road time trial, track pursuit); 10th (road race)
World Championship Experience
- Most recent: 2020 – Track – bronze (individual pursuit), 4th (scratch), 5th (omnium), 11th (time trial); 2019 – Road – gold (road race), silver (time trial)
- Years of participation: Road – 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019; Track – 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020
- Medals: 16 (12 golds, 2 silvers, 2 bronzes)
- Gold – 2019 (road race); 2018 (track pursuit, road time trial, road race); 2017 (track time trial, track pursuit, road time trial, road race); 2016 (track pursuit); 2015 (road race, road time trial); 2014 (road race)
- Silver – 2019 (road time trial); 2014 (road time trial)
- Bronze – 2020 (track pursuit); 2015 (track pursuit)
Personal:
Morelli was commissioned in as a Second Lieutenant in 1996 as an engineer officer in the U.S. Army...She is a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom and the war in Afghanistan...After being injured in 2007, a trip to a local bike shop and exposure to competitive cycling at the 2010 Warrior Games helped begin her cycling career...She broke the women’s C4 pursuit world record at the 2016 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships...She continued that success at the Paralympic Games Rio 2016 where she became a two-time gold medalist on the track...Married to Carl Dick, who is a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Arm...Hobbies include coaching, mentoring kids and public speaking about the importance of goals.