Jean Driscoll was born on November 18, 1966, and is originally from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Jean was born with spina bifida and has used a wheelchair throughout her life to participate in a variety of sports and activities, including wheelchair soccer, ice hockey, football, softball, tennis, swimming, and square dancing.

The bulk of her activities began during her junior year in high school, when Jean met a young man who also used a wheelchair. It took him about 8 months to convince her to try wheelchair soccer, but when she finally did, and learned how competitive it was, she submerged herself into every wheelchair sport that Milwaukee offered, including basketball. Jean became widely recognized as a competitive player in basketball and was ultimately recruited to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to play wheelchair basketball. However, she also concentrated on track/road racing and after college this became Jean's focal point.

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Interview~with~Jean~Driscoll.