This Paralympian hopes to bring another para-shooting medal home to the U.S. after becoming the first woman to do so at the 2016 games.

McKenna Geer, 25, was born with amyoplasia arthrogryposis, a rare condition that impacted the muscle development in her feet and left hand and caused her joints to contract.

“I have all of my muscles groups, it's just not all of the muscles that are supposed to be in them are,” said McKenna, from Colorado Springs, Colorado.

“For day-to-day activities I wear orthotics on both feet to help with stability and balance and I use a wheelchair for longer distances.”

McKenna, using a wheelchair and arm supports while shooting, scored bronze in the Mixed 10m Air Rifle Prone SH2 at the 2016 Rio De Janeiro Paralympic games, becoming the first woman and the 5th overall person to bring the U.S. a medal in para-shooting since its debut in 1976.

"It was such an honor to go down there and represent not only myself but the people who supported me and the U.S. as well,” she said.

"It was pure excitement and the feeling of knowing that all my hard work came together exactly when it was supposed to was.”

McKenna fell in love with shooting at Camp Access as a child, were kids with disabilities are introduced to the outdoors.

"When you turned 12 you got to go shooting with the big kids,” she said.

"I just really loved how personal the sport was."

After the camp director noticed how much McKenna enjoyed it, he invited her to a shooting match, which put her on the radar of a Paralympic coach.

“A year and a half after I shot at camp, I was out at the Olympic and Paralympic training center for my first Paralympic camp,” McKenna said.

When COVID delayed McKenna’s 2020 Tokyo dreams, she continued her training and working part-time at the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum.

"A typical day of training is on the range from about eight until noon, a break for lunch and then the afternoons are utilized for off of the range training: sports psychology, nutrition, sports medicine and recovery, and strength and conditioning workouts,” McKenna said.

With the games in motion again, McKenna is excited to attend her second Paralympics, which kick off August 24. She’ll compete in both air rifle and small-bore shooting, aiming to hit impossibly small targets.

“The target in air gun is about the size of a silver dollar and the bullseye’s about the size of a period in a newspaper,” McKenna said.

“In small-bore, the target is about the size of a grapefruit and the bullseye’s the size of a dime.”

Though she’s hoping to win another medal, McKenna’s also looking forward to enjoying the experience.

"I think every athlete goes in looking to medal and that's definitely a huge goal, but also just to enjoy the whole experience,” she said.

"We've all worked hard for an extra year, so I'm really looking forward to going over, working hard and having some fun."

In the future, McKenna hopes to be able bring the same kind of access to the outdoors and sports that changed her life to other kids.

“My entire life was changed because of a mentor I had and I can only hope that one day I can have the same impact on other kids, especially kids with disabilities,” she said

“In the long run even if it’s not a medal, the impact is worth it.”