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Jennifer Schuble

 

Cycling

Sport: Cycling
Height: 5’4”
Weight: 125
DOB: July 8, 1976
Birthplace: Lake Charles, Louisiana
Hometown: Houston, Texas
Current Residence: Homewood, Alabama

Personal Profile:
Schuble burst onto the Paralympic cycling scene in 2006. She recently took up the sport and already has an impressive collection of hardware. She grabbed one gold and two bronze medals at the U.S. Paralympics National Road Cycling Championships in June and then went on to win two gold medals and one silver medal at the UCI Paracycling World Championships in August.

Jennifer Schuble graduated from Kingwood High School in Kingwood, Texas in 1995, where she was a four-year letterman in track and field. She was also a member of the soccer team, which won the State Championship twice and made it to the National Championship final four.

Schuble attended the United States Military Academy at West Point with plans to serve as a commission officer in the military until a traumatic brain injury led to her dismissal. After leaving West Point, she enrolled at the University of Alabama. Because of head injuries, athletic doctors at Alabama would not allow her to participate in sports until she was in graduate school, when her athletic eligibility had already expired. Schuble appealed to participate in track in her seventh year. But her collegiate athletic career ended almost as soon as it started. After her first track meet, she was involved in a major motor vehicle accident in which her right arm was crushed and she had another traumatic brain injury. Schuble received her Bachelor’s degree from Alabama in 2001 and her Masters in production operation research in 2003.  Today Schuble works as an engineer for Mercedes Benz.

Along with cycling and working a full-time job, Schuble enjoys her English bulldog, playing cello and restoring her home.

Major Achievements:

  • 2008: Gold Medal, 500, 3K, Road Time Trials, U.S. Paralympics Cycling National Championships, Colorado Springs, Colo. and Morrison, Colo.
  • 2007: World Champion, Time Trial and Road Race; Silver medal, 3K Pursuit, – IPC Cycling World Championships, Bordeaux, France
  • 2007: Gold Medal, Road Time Trial – U.S. Paralympics Road Cycling National Championships, Denver, Colo.
  • 2007: Gold Medal, Road Time Trial – Alabama State Championships, Sproutt, Ala.

Courtesy U.S. Paralympics