Collegiate Rifle Shooting Jacksonville State University Larry started shooting competitively at about 14 years old. He got his start as a junior counselor/range officer at Camp Geronimo, the Grand Canyon Council’s Boy Scout Summer Camp. He helped run the Muzzle...
Ireland Belfast Northern Ireland Stake Jason is legally blind, 100-meter sprint Reigning T13 100m and 200m Paralympic champion and world record holder Jason Smyth competes in both Paralympic and able body athletics. He was the first Paralympian to compete at a...
USA Paul s from of Ann Arbor, Mich.,Wheelchair Basketball was also on the 2000 team in Sydney and has competed in the 2008 games Paul Schulte is no stranger to playing a major role for the U.S. Men’s Wheelchair Basketball National Team. A captain for the silver...
Australia Canberra Australia Stake At the age of eight Todd Hodgetts was diagnosed with Asperger syndrome. 16 years later the Canberra-based athlete is a world record holder in shot put with his sights set on the 2012 London Paralympics. Hodgetts threw 15.54 meters...
USA Castle Rock Colorado Stake Swimming: Fifteen-year-old Brickelle Bro, of the Castle Rock Colorado Stake, is scheduled to swim in the 400 freestyle. “Hard work pays off.” That seems to be Brickelle Bro’s motto. The 15-year-old swimmer is about to head across the...
Luger The BYU student is from La Canada, Calif. won her first World Cup event on Jan. 25 in Latvia. “This is something I’ve looked forward to my entire life,” she told BYU Magazine following her selection to the Olympic team. “It’s an honor to be part of Team USA.”...
Shot Put USA Jillian Mary “Jill” Camarena-Williams (born 2 March 1982) is an American track and field athlete who competes in the shot put. She competed at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and has represented the United States both indoor and outdoor at World...
Swimming Bolivia Andrew Rutherfurd is going to the Olympics as a member of the Bolivian Olympic swimming team. He will compete in the 100-yard freestyle against the best in the world this month in London. “I recently got that rush and that feeling of wanting to be...
Weightlifting USA Sarah Robles: The strongest woman in America lives on $400 a month I’m going to start out with saying, we qualified for the Olympics!!!! I would say I, but my coach and I are a team. His successes are mine and mine his. “It’s you...
Synchronized swimming USA Killman was born on April 9, 1991 in Ada, Oklahoma, and grew up in Texas. She is a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, a federally recognized tribe based in Oklahoma. Originally a competitor in racing events, Killman began to participate...
Volleyball USA Born in Anaheim, Calif. … parents are Mark and Tami Holmes … married to Julie … first daughter, Sadie Rae, born in June 2007 … served a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to London, England …...
Pole Vaulter USA Pole vaulter Becky Holliday , 32, a former University of Oregon student, was the runner-up in the Olympic trials. She was the 2003 NCAA champion in the sport and has since financed her training by working odd jobs, including airport baggage handler...
100-meter print Kiribati LDS students who attend Moroni High School are representing Kiribati in the Olympics Teaoraereke 2nd Ward, Tarawa Kiribati West...
Water Polo USA “I always dreamed of going to the Olympics when I was young, and I think now that I have the opportunity to travel with the national team and represent my country, it’s so much more real and so much closer to a lifelong goal that I’ve...
