Holly Koester/ Marathon Marvel

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Holly Koester is a US Army veteran , who was injured in 1991. She became paralyzed as a result of her injuries. Undaunted she began racing in marathons and became the first person to complete a marathon in all 50 states in a wheelchair. She is 8 races shy at this moment of doing it a second time. Koester is a multiple gold medal winner in the National Veterans Wheelchair Games. In 2017 she was named to the Hall of Fame of the Ohio Department of Veterans Services. This fall she will be inducted into the Greater Cleveland Sports Hall of Fame. She is a peer counselor of newly injured spinal cord veterans at the Cleveland VA.