Scot Hollonbeck (born 1969) is an American wheelchair racer, who competed at the Olympic and Paralympic level.

Only days after the accident, while still in the hospital, he watched a wheelchair race on television where Sharon Hedrick broke the world record in the 800 meters.

Having been a competitive runner he immediately became interested in the sport and attended a camp for disabled athletes at the University of Illinois the next summer.

Despite the fact that Scot trained every day with the runner in mixed practices, he was deemed "unsafe" during competition.

[3] Hollonbeck received an athletic scholarship to the University of Illinois[3] and was a member of the school's wheelchair basketball and track and field teams.