Abigail Gase | |
Nickname: | Abby |
Sport: | Paralympic swimming |
Disability: | Transverse myelitis |
Disability Class: | S7, SB6, SM7 |
Club: | Bowling Green Swim Club |
Coach: | Carolyn Strunk |
Birth Date: | August 21, 2002 |
Birth Place: | Maumee, Ohio, United States |
Hometown: | Tontogany, Ohio, United States |
Residence: | Bowling Green, Ohio, United States |
Height: | 5ft 5in |
Weight: | 130lbs |
Abigail "Abby" Gase (born August 21, 2002) is an American Paralympic swimmer who competes in international level events.[1] [2]
Gase was diagnosed with transverse myelitis when she was four years old after having complications with pneumonia, her antibodies multiplied and attacked her myelin sheath on her spinal cord causing her to have no motor function in her left leg and limited mobility in her right leg.[3]