Category: Spotlight

Fencing provided an opportunity to compete in sports and adhere to the tenets of her religion.

Winning four gold medals at a single Olympic Games was a feat that went unmatched for 50 years

Rafer Johnson, 1960 decathlon champion, also lit the Olympic Cauldron at Los Angeles 1984 and excelled in and out of athletics.

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

Wounded while serving in Afghanistan, he took up cross-country skiing and five years later competed at Vancouver 2010.

A second lieutenant in the U.S. Army Reserve, pole vaulter Sam Kendrick stopped in the middle of his approach when he heard the Star Spangled Banner.

Winning bronze felt like gold to Melissa Stockwell (right) at Rio 2016.

Captain of the swim team at the U.S. Naval Academy, he rediscovered swimming after being injured while serving in Afghanistan.

A member of the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit at Fort Benning, Hancock was perfect on 25 shots in the final in men's skeet shooting at London 2012.

Three-time Paralympic handcyclist Oz Sanchez, who has gold medals among his six Paralympic medals, is proud of his Mexican heritage.