Rachael Morrison (born June 2, 1987) is an American Paralympic athlete. She competes in the discus throw and

club throw The club throw is an athletic throwing event where the objective is to throw a wooden club. The event is one of the four throwing events, along with discus, javelin and shot put of the Summer Paralympics. It is the Paralympic equivalent of the ha ...

and holds world records in both events. She won the discus throw at the 2015 World Championships, 2015 Parapan American Games and 2016 Paralympics. Morrison was an active able-bodied athlete before becoming quadriplegic in 2010 due to transverse myelitis, a rare condition that damages the spinal cord. After that she played wheelchair basketball and rugby before changing to athletics in 2014.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Morrison, Rachael 1987 births Living people American female discus throwers Paralympic track and field athletes for the United States Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Paralympic gold medalists for the United States Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics People from Royal Oak, Michigan Track and field athletes from Michigan Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) Medalists at the 2015 Parapan American Games 21st-century American women Wheelchair discus throwers Club throwers Paralympic discus throwers Paralympic shot putters