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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]
Breanna Clark (born November 4, 1994) is an American Paralympic athlete who has competed in T20 category races. She was diagnosed with autism at age four. [ 1 ]
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.
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Olympic athletes now speak more openly about not only their coaches, families, but therapists. Mental health has become more mainstream in sports, teams have prioritized it to take care of their ...
Joseph Edward ("Joe") Prince (born June 25, 1954) is a former American athlete born in San Rafael, California, and raised in East Palo Alto, California. He ran track for the Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Mustangs. He was the 1974 CCAA Conference 220 yard sprint champion and earned NCAA College Division All-America honors.
Contacted by the AP, the French Olympic committee and the IOC also would not reveal figures. In total, the French mint produced 5,084 medals for the Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games.
McMurtry is married to professional cyclist Mikey Mottram. [2] She was diagnosed with autism as an adult following a misdiagnosis of bipolar disorder that led to five years of drug treatments, [4] [8] [9] and in 2022 she and her husband founded Neurodiverse Sport, to support other neurodiverse athletes and promote neuroinclusion within sport.