Athletes with Disabilities
Athletes with disabilities are a hardy bunch, whether they're participating in individual or team sports, competitive or noncompetitive tourneys, elite or pick-up games. This is the place to read about your favorite wheelchair sports players, Paralympic competitors, or international handcyclists. Into extreme adaptive sports? Check out our amazing videos of amateurs going up and over - in their wheelchairs! Athletes with disabilities can inspire and motivate us all; read on to connect with their accomplishments.
Even though Chris Waddell, Paralympian, didn’t achieve the status of becoming the first paraplegic to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro unassisted, he still accomplished an incredible feat and has become an amazing inspiration.
Amputee Jason Lalla not only won a spot on the Paralympic ski team after a high school motorcycle accident took his leg, he went on to make a career out of designing prosthetics and coaching other amputees.
Downhill monoskier Kevin Bramble will try for his third gold in the event at the 2010 Paralympics. In the meantime, he produces the favorite monoski of the USDST, the KBG. But he plans a 180, and we're not talking half pipe.
After more than two decades on the elite circuit, wheelchair racer Jacob Heilveil has taken a short break in training to raise his son and volunteer at disabled sports clinics. But he's got big plans for the future ...
Wheelchair Racer Jacob Heilveil Gives Back to Disability Community
Articles
Disabled Veteran Discusses The U.S. Disabled Ski Team's Beginnings
Disabled Vietnam veteran Jack Benedick started the USDST more than 30 years ago after learning to ski as part of his rehabilitation program.
Handcyclist Steve Ackerman Makes Sports Wheelchairs
Handcycle junkie and wheelchair user Steve Ackerman completed a trip around the world in 1995. But that was just the start of this over-achiever's involvement with the sport.
Double Amputee Alejandro Albor: Journey to the Beijing Paralympics and Beyond
Handcyclist Alejandro Albor nearly let his Paralympic dream die when he was sidelined with an injury and served with divorce papers. Instead, he came back even stronger.
The View from the Top: Steve Muse Reflects on Climbing Before and After a Spinal Cord Injury
Steve Muse, depressed after an auto accident left him paralyzed, was sure he'd never again play in the outdoors, especially on the big walls of Yosemite granite that he loved to climb. But after...
Joel Berman and Adaptive Adventures Bring Accessible Sports to Disability Community
Adaptive sports come to you with Adaptive Adventures, the brainchild of skier Joel Berman, who loads adaptive equipment in a trailer to bring camps and clinics to people with disabilities across the...
Woman Born with Congenital Limb Deficiency Joins U.S. Swim and Ski Teams
Above-the-knee amputee Sandy Dukat has used her disability to climb mountains, swim, ski ... and most recently, to triumph with a world record in what may be the most grueling test of all. How is she...
