Brianna Salinaro

Brianna Salinaro
Personal information
Born (1998-05-10) 10 May 1998
Massapequa, New York, United States
Sport
SportParalympic athletics
Para taekwondo
Medal record
Representing  United States
Paralympic athletics
Parapan American Games
2023 Santiago 100m T35
2023 Santiago 200m T35
Para taekwondo
World Championships
2017 London K44 -58kg

Brianna Salinaro (born May 10, 1998) is a track and field athlete and former taekwondo practitioner who represented the United States at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.[1] She has cerebral palsy[2] and is from Massapequa, New York. She started Taekwondo at age 9 and in 2016 became the first female para Taekwondo athlete to represent the United States at an international tournament.[3]

She was the only Para Taekwondo athlete to compete at the 2020 Paralympic games with Cerebral Palsy. All of Brianna's competitors were upper amputee athletes. She compete in the K44 -58 kg category.

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