Cheri Blauwet
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Cheri Blauwet is an American wheelchair racer, born on 15 May 1980 in Larchwood, Iowa. She competed at the Olympic level in 100M, 200M, 400M, 800M and wheelchair Marathon.
At the 2004 Olympic Games, she finished 5th in the demonstration sport of Women's 800m wheelchair.
She attends the Stanford University Medical School currently.
She is active in improving conditions for people with disabilities in foreign, mainly third-world, countries. She recently went on a trip to Africa with professional American football player Ray Lewis. There, she investigated and improved the disabled issues of the countries they visited. She also co-founded No-Breaks, a website for the contemporary voices of the disability rights movement.
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