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2005 World Winter
Games Nagano, Japan Feb. 26 – March 5 Team USA-Wisconsin |
The following Special Olympics Wisconsin athletes competed in the 2005 World Winter Games in Nagano, Japan
Gordon Hodge - Snowshoeing
| 1600M - Division 2 First Place - Gold Medal Time: 10:16:79 |
5K - Division 2 First Place - Gold Medal Time: 33:55.61 |
400M Relay - Division 2 First Place - Gold Medal Time: 07:10.75 |
Jill Mitchell - Speed Skating
| 500M - Division F08 Third Place - Bronze Medal Time: 1:30.16 |
222M - Division F08 Second Place - Silver Medal Time: 00:41.60 |
333M DQ-TEC |
Carolyn Voelker - Cross Country Skiing
| 5K Freestyle- Division
F1 Third Place - Bronze Medal Time: 25:32.70 |
7.5K Combined Technique Division F4 Second Place - Silver Medal Time: 37:11.80 |
1K Freestyle Relay First Place - Gold Medal Time: 20:35.60 |
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| Gordon Hodge |
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| Jill Mitchell |
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| Carolyn Voelker |
Nearly two hundred Special Olympics athletes and 50 coaches from the United States represented their country as Team USA at these Games in Nagano, Japan from Feb. 26 – March 5. Approximately 2,500 athletes and 650 coaches from 80 different countries participated in this event.
The 2,500 athletes competed in alpine skiing, cross country skiing, figure skating, floor hockey, snowboarding, snowshoeing and speed skating.
Special Olympics is a year-round sports training and athletic competition program for children and adults with cognitive disabilities.
Special Olympics International (SOI) named Steve Meurett of Neillsville and Bonnie Kahn of Tomahawk as cross country skiing coaches. Also SOI named Dean Glaze of Neillsville as a volunteer Technical Delegate.
>>Coach Steve Murett's press release
>>Coach Bonnie Kahn's press release
>>Technical Delegate Dean Glaze's press
release