Paralympic gold medalist Grace Norman to speak in Kettering
DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) – A two-time US Paralympic gold medalist will be the keynote speaker at the Dayton Agonis Club's event tonight.
Grace Norman will speak at the Presidential Banquet Center in Kettering. She will give a presentation after the 7 p.m. dinner and the awards ceremony.
Norman has earned four Paralympic medals: two gold, one silver and one bronze. She is a leading competitor in the paratriathlon. Recently, she won a gold medal in the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games.
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The Dayton Agonis Club began in 1932 to unite former athletes and sports figures. It holds events to celebrate and recognize their careers.
Norman completed the Paris paratriathlon, which was a 750-meter swim, 20-kilometer bike ride, and 5,000-meter run, in 1:04:40 to win the gold medal. She won her first gold in the 2016 Paralympics in Rio. (She also earned a bronze medal in the 400 meters in Rio.) She won a silver medal in the 2020 paratriathlon in Tokyo.
Locally, Norman attended Cedarville University.
She earned an undergraduate nursing degree in 2020 and was a student athlete as a member of the school's cross country and track and field teams. She is also a two-time National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA) champion.
To learn more about Cedarville University, an evangelical Christian college near Dayton, click here.
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