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Ann Cody is an American Paralympic athlete in the sport of wheelchair racing (track and field). Ann competed from 1983 - 1993 and held world records in the 1,500 and 5,000 meter events on the track; set two world records at 10,000 meters on the road and was three-time 10,000 national road champion from 1990 - 1992. Ann won the Chicago Marathon three times from 1989-1991 http://articles.latimes.com/1989-10-30/sports/sp-108_1_chicago-marathon; http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1991-10-25/entertainment/9104060108_1_marathon-participants-chicago-marathons-race-director-carey-pinkowski. Cody won the Los Angeles Marathon and Peachtree Road Race in 1990 while placing second in the Boston Marathon behind Driscoll in 1990 and 1991 http://www.bostonmarathonmediaguide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/bm15racesynopsis.pdf. Cody earned four Paralympic silver medals at the 1988 Games in Seoul while winning gold and bronze medals in Barcelona in 1992. She also competed in the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, Korea in the Paralympic 800m Exhibition Event.

Ann is widely known and respected as a leader in sport and human rights. Ann was the first woman Paralympian elected to the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Governing Board by the IPC General Assembly and is the longest serving woman on the IPC's executive body. She has led national and international advocacy initiatives on sport with a focus on girls and women and persons with disabilities. Through her leadership, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) established a policy on gender equity and several initiatives aimed at increasing participation by women in Paralympic sport and the movement. The U.S. Department of Education issued a Dear Colleague letter in 2013 to K-12 public schools reminding them of their responsibility to provide equal access to extracurricular sports for students with disabilities due, in part, to efforts Ann led to secure Congressional support and a Government Accountability Office (GAO) study.

Athletic Career •	1992 US Paralympic Team Member, Athletics: 4x100m Relay Gold Medalist and world record; and 10,000m Bronze Medalist T53/54 •	1988 US Paralympic Team Member, Athletics, Silver Medalist: 800, 1,500, 5,000, 10,000m T53 https://www.paralympic.org/results/historical •	1988 Seoul Olympic Games, Paralympic 800m Exhibition Event, Sixth Place •	1984 US Paralympic Team, Wheelchair Basketball •	USA Track and Field, Disabled Athlete of the Year, 1990 •	Wheelchair Sports USA, Athlete of the Year, 1990 •	US Wheelchair Sports Hall of Fame, Class of 2004

Honors •	Humanitarian Award, University of Illinois Alumni Association (2011) •	US Paralympics, Amazing Leader Award (2009) •	National Administrator of the Year – National Council of Youth Sports (2008) •	Distinguished Alumni Award – University of Illinois at Urbana – Champaign, College of Applied Health Sciences (2007) •	Spirit of Sport Award – General Association of International Sports Federations (2006) •	Congressional Award – National Consortium for Physical Education and Recreation for Individuals with Disabilities (2006)

Leadership Positions •	International Paralympic Committee, Governing Board (2005 – 2017) •	International Olympic Committee, 2018 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games Evaluation Commission (2010 – 2011) •	International Olympic Committee, 2018 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games Coordination Commission (2012 – 2013) •	US Olympic Committee, Paralympic Advisory Committee, Vice Chair (2011 – 2014) •	United States International Council on Disability, Board of Directors (2010 – 2013) •	US Olympic Committee, Governance Reform Advisory Committee (2009) •	Chicago 2016 Delegation to Copenhagen; Paralympic Theme presenter to IOC Evaluation Commission •	International Paralympic Committee, Education Committee, Chair (2007 – 2009) •	US Olympic Committee 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games Evaluation Commission (2007) •	International Olympic Committee, Women and Sport Commission (2005-2006) •	Senior Advisor, NYC2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games Candidate City, Paralympic Theme presenter to IOC Evaluation Commission, NYC 2012 Delegation to Singapore •	International Wheelchair Basketball Federation, Executive Council (2002-2006) •	International Paralympic Committee, Women in Sport Committee, Chairperson (2002-2006) •	International Paralympic Committee, Constitutional Commission (2003-2004) •	Momentum International, Paralympic Sport Development, Ecuador (1998–1999) •	Atlanta Olympic Aid, Mission to Afghanistan to promote peace (1996) •	Atlanta Paralympic Organizing Committee, Board of Directors (1992-1994) •	Atlanta Paralympic Organizing Committee, Athletes Advisory Committee (1992-1994) •	USA Track and Field, Committee on Athletics for the Disabled (1989-1995)