YouTube Video (Challenged Athletes Foundation): Sydney Barta, an Athlete Building Inclusion Through Sport
Career Accolades
- 2021 Paralympian
- World Para Athletics Silver Medalist (200m, t64, 2024)
International/National
- 2024 World Para Athletics 200m silver medalist in the (t64) in Kobe, Japan
- Two-time Para Pan American 200 gold medalist and record holder (t64)
- 2023 Para Pan American 100 silver medalist (t64) in Santiago, Chile
- 2021 Paralympic Games, fourth place in 200, in an American record of 26.8 in Tokyo, Japan
- 10-time U.S. Paralympic national championships medalist in the 100 and 200
- 2019 World Para Athletics Junior Championships gold medalist in the 100 and 200, in Switzerland
Prior to Stanford track and field
- Won the Para 100 at the Wanda Diamond League final at the Prefontaine Classic
- Four-time Paralympic High School All-American
- 2020 Paralympic High School Female Track Athlete of the Year
- Played varsity volleyball, basketball, and track and field at National Cathedral High School
- Played AAU basketball from age 11, competing in tournaments around the country
Personal
- Mother is Laura
- Has a twin brother, Blair
- Lost leg at age 6 in an accident, shattering her left foot, complicated by compartment syndrome and sepsis
- Underwent 21 surgeries before receiving first prosthetic
- Wu Tsai Human Performance Scholar
- National Merit Finalist
- During COVID, trained on her own on way to breaking the American record