Category: Spotlight

Matt Scott is a pioneer and champion for not only wheelchair basketball, but for Paralympians and athletes with disabilities as a whole.

Since 1996, Madsen has won eight Paralympic medals.

The six-time Paralympian found table tennis during his difficult childhood.

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.

The champion sprinter took gold in the 400m and the 4x400m relay at the Mexico City 1968 Olympic Games.

The University of Iowa Hawkeye was a member of the Melbourne 1956 U.S. Olympic Men’s Basketball Team.

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.