Clarkesville's McKenzie Coan has earned her third gold medal of the Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Coan got her third gold medal of the Rio Games with a first-place finish in the women’s S7 100 freestyle, setting a mark of 1:09.99. She took first in the 50 and 400 freestyle events earlier in the competition, while also claiming silver in the women’s 4x100 34 pt. freestyle relay. The two-time Paralympian amassed all of her Paralympic Games career medals in Rio.
Coan is a student at Loyola University in Baltimore. She is the daughter of Dr. Marc and Teresa Coan of Clarkesville.
Read more about the event at the TeamUSA website.
McKenzie Coan (left) wins the gold in the S7 400-meter freestyle swim in the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio. Teammate Cortney Jordan snagged the silver. (Photo by Loren Worthington)
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