Category: Spotlight

Archery legend, Jack Whitman, won Team USA’s first Paralympic gold. See Whitman’s bow and other artifacts on display at the Museum.

She competed in eight consecutive Paralympic Games, becoming the second U.S. woman to win gold at both the Summer and Winter Games.

She competed in four Olympic Games and became the first Asian American to win a winter medal in a sport other than figure skating.

After growing up playing wheelchair basketball, he turned to wheelchair rugby and won Paralympic medals in 2012 and 2016.

He won decathlon gold at Beijing 2008, continuing Team USA’s dominance in the event.

The daughter of South Korean immigrants, she was one of the first Olympic champions born in the year 2000.

Despite not fitting in while growing up in a predominantly white town, she later became one of Team USA’s top Paralympic sprinters.

She swept the diving events at London 1948 to become the first Asian American Olympic champion.

The Bo-Dyn Project constructed bobsleds that helped Team USA reach the top of the Olympic podium.

Starting with Rome 1960, he participated in five Paralympic Games and won 12 gold medals.