Suzy Favor competed in the 1992, 1996, and 2000 Summer Olympics as a middle-distance runner. Although she never medaled in the Olympics, she once won the Honda Cup and Babe Zaharias Awards as the top female collegiate athlete in the country. After her career at Wisconsin, she was named by the Big-Ten Network as the top female athlete in conference history.

The athletics were easy. The rest of her life has sometimes been difficult. She has struggled with mental illness, and even worked for a while as a paid escort.