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Born | Do Thi Thuy Phuong, Vietnam | March 9, 2003|||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||
Classifications | S8 | |||||||||||
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Haven Shepherd (born March 9, 2003) is a Vietnamese-American Paralympic swimmer. [1] [2] In 2018, she was included on the BBC 100 Women list. [3]
Shepherd was born Do Thi Thuy Phuong in Quang Nam province, Vietnam after her parents had an affair. [4] [5] [2] When she was 14 months old, her parents died in a bomb explosion, either as a double suicide or as a murder-suicide perpetuated by her father. [4] [5] Although Shepherd was also intended to die in the explosion, she was instead blown 40 feet away and only sustained damage to her legs. [6] [7] An older half-sister also survived the explosion. [4] [5] Shepherd was brought by her grandmother to a hospital in Da Nang, where both her legs were amputated. [4] [5] At age 20 months, she was adopted by an American couple from Carthage, Missouri, who had six older children. [5] [6]
Shepherd learned to swim by age 3. [6] She was homeschooled. [1]
Shepherd began swimming competitively at age 10. [6] By the time she was 13, the US Paralympic team began tracking her as a potential candidate based on her times. [5]
At the 2020 Summer Paralympics, Shepherd came fifth in the Women's 200m Individual Medley SM8. [7] [6]
Shepherd uses prosthetic legs. [4]
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Born | Do Thi Thuy Phuong, Vietnam | March 9, 2003|||||||||||
Sport | ||||||||||||
Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||
Classifications | S8 | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Haven Shepherd (born March 9, 2003) is a Vietnamese-American Paralympic swimmer. [1] [2] In 2018, she was included on the BBC 100 Women list. [3]
Shepherd was born Do Thi Thuy Phuong in Quang Nam province, Vietnam after her parents had an affair. [4] [5] [2] When she was 14 months old, her parents died in a bomb explosion, either as a double suicide or as a murder-suicide perpetuated by her father. [4] [5] Although Shepherd was also intended to die in the explosion, she was instead blown 40 feet away and only sustained damage to her legs. [6] [7] An older half-sister also survived the explosion. [4] [5] Shepherd was brought by her grandmother to a hospital in Da Nang, where both her legs were amputated. [4] [5] At age 20 months, she was adopted by an American couple from Carthage, Missouri, who had six older children. [5] [6]
Shepherd learned to swim by age 3. [6] She was homeschooled. [1]
Shepherd began swimming competitively at age 10. [6] By the time she was 13, the US Paralympic team began tracking her as a potential candidate based on her times. [5]
At the 2020 Summer Paralympics, Shepherd came fifth in the Women's 200m Individual Medley SM8. [7] [6]
Shepherd uses prosthetic legs. [4]