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Their mother, Rosalyn Clark, won a silver medal in the 1976 Summer Olympics in the women's 4 x 400 metres relay. Breanna is a world, Parapan American and Paralympic champion in the races that she competes in. [ 3 ] [ 4 ]
Barrett, who has autism, has won thirteen gold medals competing for Canada in the Special Olympics World Summer Games and retired after setting three Special Olympics records at the 2015 Special Olympics World Summer Games in Los Angeles. [2] [3] Jackie is a Halifax, Nova Scotia native residing in Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador.
Loretta Claiborne is an American global speaker and multi-sport athlete who competes in the Special Olympics. She has been honored with the 1996 Arthur Ashe ESPY Courage Award presented to her by Denzel Washington. Claiborne was the first Special Olympics athlete elected to the Special Olympics International Board of Directors. [1]
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Michael Obasuyi (born 12 August 1999) is a Belgian hurdler.He competed in the 2020 [1] and 2024 Summer Olympics [2] He was born to a Nigerian father and Belgian mother both of whom sprinted in their youth. [3]
Crooks is a current board member of the Canucks Autism Network (CAN) and has been a longstanding honorary member of Big Sisters of the Lower Mainland since 2000. She is also a member of FIFA's Organizing Committee for Competitions. In 2006, Crooks was awarded the Women And Sport Trophy for Canada/America by the International Olympic Committee. [4]
Then they pass the torch to a Special Olympics athlete and together they run up to the cauldron and light it, signifying the beginning of the games. [56] The Special Olympics athlete's oath, which was first introduced by Eunice Kennedy Shriver at the inaugural Special Olympics international games in Chicago in 1968, [57] is "Let me win. But if ...
Brannigan was a two-time national champion at Northport High School, winning the individual crown in the 2-mile race as well as the anchor leg of Northport's winning 4 x 1-mile team at the New Balance Nationals Outdoor championships in Greensboro, N.C. in June 2014 (see: The Northport Observer, 6/19/14 and 6/26/14 editions).