Jennifer Barrett is an American Paralympic athlete who competed at the

1996 Summer Paralympics The 1996 Paralympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, were held from August 16 to 25. It was the first Paralympic Games, Paralympics to get mass media sponsorship, and had a budget of USD $81 million. It was the first Paralympic Games ...

and

2000 Summer Paralympics The 2000 Summer Paralympic Games or the XI Summer Paralympics were held in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, between 18 and 29 October. The Sydney Paralympics was last time that the Summer Paralympics which were organized by two different ...

for Team USA in discus throw and shot put winning four Paralympic medals and is also a double World champion.

Career

Barrett competed in the

and

for Team USA. During her first Paralympic Games, she earned a bronze medal in Women's Shot Put F42-44/46 and a gold medal in Women's Discus Throw F42-44/46. In the 2000 Paralympics, Barrett earned a silver medal in Women's Discus Throw F46 and a bronze medal in Women's Shot Put F46. She also holds the world record in discus and the United States national record for shot put.

References

Living people Year of birth missing (living people) 20th-century American sportswomen Sonoma State University alumni Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Paralympic bronze medalists for the United States Paralympic silver medalists for the United States Paralympic gold medalists for the United States American female discus throwers American female shot putters Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) Paralympic track and field athletes for the United States {{US-athletics-bio-stub