35 Facts About McKenzie Coan

McKenzie Coan was born on June 14,1996 and is an American swimmer.

McKenzie Coan later had her breakout games in the 2016 Summer Paralympics, where she would go on to win 3 gold medals in the category S7 50,100, and 400M Freestyle races, with an additional silver medal in the 34-point women's Freestyle relay.

McKenzie Coan was born on June 14,1996, in Toccoa, Georgia.

McKenzie Coan grew up in Clarkesville, Georgia, with her parents, Marc, an internal medicine physician, and Teresa McKenzie Coan, who owns a swim team.

McKenzie Coan has the connective tissue disorder "Osteogenesis imperfecta", which is most associated with brittle bones.

McKenzie Coan attended a specialized program for high school which allowed her to be in a regular classroom for part of the week and at home for the other days which allotted much more time and flexibility to her training schedule.

McKenzie Coan graduated from high school in 2014 and was academically ranked at the top of her class.

McKenzie Coan currently attends and swims for Loyola University Maryland where she is pursuing a degree in political science.

McKenzie Coan has expressed very publicly her desire to attend law school after her undergraduate studies commence and to one day run for public office.

McKenzie Coan is very involved in matters of social justice, particularly in disability rights and advocacy.

McKenzie Coan is an American record holder from her previous classifications of S8 and S9 in the 100m Individual Medley and the 400m freestyle, as well as a multiple time American record holder in her current S7 classification.

McKenzie Coan started swimming competitively at the age of five after both of her brothers joined a local swim team.

McKenzie Coan is currently a member of the Loyola University Maryland varsity team which competes at the NCAA Division 1 level.

McKenzie Coan was a member of the Cumming Waves Swim Team, where she was team captain throughout high school.

McKenzie Coan managed to come out 6th overall in the 400m freestyle final on 31 August 2012.

McKenzie Coan came out ranked 4th overall in the IPC Swimming World Rankings.

McKenzie Coan recently committed to swim for Paralympic national team Coach Brian Loeffler at Loyola University in Maryland.

McKenzie Coan will join a number of other Paralympic athletes as part of her training group through Rio 2016.

McKenzie Coan has expressed her desire to continue to train for the next games in Tokyo in 2020 as she comes towards the end of her collegiate swimming career at Loyola it is unclear where she will train for the 2020 Games.

McKenzie Coan won three individual gold medals at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.

McKenzie Coan set a Paralympic record in the 50 Meter Freestyle final.

McKenzie Coan competed in six events at the 2016 Games: 50m Freestyle 100m Freestyle, 400m Freestyle, 100m Backstroke, 100m Butterfly and the Freestyle Relay.

McKenzie Coan earned gold medals in the 50m, 100m and 400m Freestyle events, putting her in a very small group of individuals to ever win every event of one stroke at a Games.

McKenzie Coan earned a silver medal as part of the freestyle relay.

McKenzie Coan repeated her gold medal hall from the previous year's games in that she won golds in the 50m, 100m, and 400m S7 freestyle events.

McKenzie Coan won a silver in the 50m butterfly and gold as part of the women's freestyle 34 point relay.

On June 8,2018, McKenzie Coan broke her first career world record at a Para World Series meet in Berlin, Germany in the S7 800m freestyle.

McKenzie Coan set the new mark by a staggering 37 seconds, swimming the race in 10:37.

Later that year, McKenzie Coan would set the S7 World Record in the 1500m Freestyle at the 2018 US Paralympics Para-Swim Championships in Arizona.

At the 2019 Para-Swimming World Championships in London, England, McKenzie Coan won the 100m and 400m Freestyle events, defending her 2017 World Champion titles.

McKenzie Coan was part of the Freestyle and Medley 34pt relay teams.

In March 2019, McKenzie Coan signed a sponsorship with Adidas and Adidas Swim, making her one of the highest paid Para-Swimmers in the world.

McKenzie Coan signed endorsement deals with Numotion and LendingTree later in 2019.

McKenzie Coan relocated to Colorado Springs in order to live and train at the US Olympic and Paralympic Training Center under Paralympic national team coach Nathan Manley.

McKenzie Coan's autobiography "Breaking Free: Shattering Expectations and Thriving with Ambition in Pursuit of Gold", co-authored with Holly Neumann, was released August 11,2021, a few weeks prior to her competing at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo.