Aaron Scheidies (born January 17, 1982) is an American male

triathlete A triathlon is an endurance multisport race consisting of swimming, cycling, and running over various distances. Triathletes compete for fastest overall completion time, racing each segment sequentially with the time transitioning between ...

from

Seattle Seattle ( ) is a port, seaport city on the West Coast of the United States. It is the county seat, seat of King County, Washington, King County, Washington (state), Washington. With a 2020 population of 737,015, it is the largest city in bo ...

, Washington. Despite dealing with a

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for the entirety of his life, Aaron is a 13-time triathlon World Champion and an 11-time National Champion. He competed for the

United States at the 2016 Summer Paralympics The United States competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016. The first places the team qualified were for three athletes in sailing events. They also qualified athletes in archery, goa ...

, finishing 11th in the men's road race B event and 12th in the men's time trial B event.

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* * * * 1982 births Living people American male triathletes Paratriathletes Paralympic cyclists for the United States Michigan State University alumni Sportspeople from Seattle Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics {{US-triathlon-bio-stub