An Interview with Paralympian Jessica Heims

Hello APE podcast listeners and welcome to another episode/post on the What's New in APE platform! For this episode, Paralympian Jessica Heims was able to meet with me and discuss her journey to the 2016 Paralympics, as well as her current journey to the 2020 Paralympics. Furthermore, within our conversation, we discussed her training regimen, how she got involved within track and field, her physical education experiences, and obstacles to getting to the Paralympics.

Jessica is currently an undergraduate student at the University of Northern Iowa (the university I teach at!). She also currently competes on the University's track and field team as a discus thrower and sprinter. Furthermore, Jessica recently broke two world records in discus throwing. You can see the video here. To learn more about Jessica's background, you can read this article from Disabled Sports. In addition, you can follow Jessica on Twitter @Jessie_Heims