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Michael Murray selected for Team USA headed to London Paralympics
Murray is the first U.S. athlete with intellectual disability to qualify for Paralympic Games
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Washington, D.C. – Athletes Without Limits, a nonprofit supporting athletes with intellectual disability and Olympic dreams, announced that history has been made as Michael Murray, 21, has qualified for the U.S. Paralympic Track Team headed to the London Games this summer. Murray, who hails from Nashville, TN, is the first and only athlete with intellectual disability currently represented on Team USA. (See 2012 U.S. Paralympic Track & Field Team ...
London-bound Michael Murray makes history and the 2012 US Paralympic Team
First athlete with intellectual disability to make Team USA
July 1, 2012 -- This morning Athletes Without Limits Michael Murray competed in the Men's T20 1500m Paralympic Trials in Indianapolis, IN. His time and achievements earned him the historic opportunity to be the first athlete with an intellectual disability to compete for Team USA at the upcoming London Games in September.
Michael lives in Tennessee, where he has trained with the Nashville Illusions USATF Track Club. Since the twelve-year international suspension of athletes with intellectual disability in ...
Swimmer Leslie Cichocki’s featured on Chicago News
Check out this nice piece by ABC 7 Chicago on swimmer Leslie Cichocki. Helping her progress toward her Paralympic Dream is what Athletes Without Limits is all about.
Runner Michael Murray Heads to Global Games with Help from Community Sponsors
Private sponsorships from friends and local businesses keep Michaels Paralympic Dream alive as the he heads to the 2011 INAS/IPC Global Games in Imperia, Italy.
Friends and family members of Michael Murray, the highest ranked track athlete with intellectual disability in the US, spearheaded a local fundraising campaign to help offset Michael's out-of-pocket expenses for the 2011 Global Games in Italy. The Global Games is an important qualifier for the London 2012 Paralympics and Michael represents the best chance for a US runner to qualify in the T20 class.
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Melissa Middleton Named to USA Para Pan Am Team
Athletes Without Limits Melissa Middleton of Cumming, Georgia has been selected to join the US Paralympic / USA Table Tennis (USATT) Para Pan Am Team at the 2011 Parapan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, November 13-18th, 2011. She is the first US athlete to compete in Table Tennis Class 11 (intellectual disability) in over a decade following the Paralympic re-inclusion vote in 2009.
The announcement is posted on the TeamUSA website along with Melissa's Profile.
After having met the requirements established in the selection Procedures, the USA Team participating ...
Michael Murray PR’s with US Paralympic Team at IPC Athletics World Championships
Related article: Michael Murray to Compete in IPC Athletics World Championships in New Zealand
Congratulations to Michael Murray — the first American athlete with an intellectual disability to make the US Paralympic Team in over a decade — for his PR of 4:18 in the men's 1500m World Championship last month on Christchurch.
Michael is currently ranked 13th in the world in the men's 1500m. He was 6th in his heat and missed out on the finals by one place. Here's what we saw on ParalympicTV: Through 3 laps Michael was comfortably with the leaders. With 300 ...
Michael Murray to Compete in IPC Athletics World Championships in New Zealand
Michael represents the first U.S. athlete with intellectual disability to compete at a Paralympic World Championship in over a decade with hopes of making Team USA for the London 2012 Games.
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Washington, D.C. – Athletes Without Limits, a nonprofit supporting athletes with intellectual disability and Olympic dreams, announced that history is in the making, as U.S. runner, Michael Murray, 19, prepares to compete for Team USA at the 2011 International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athletics World Championships in Christchurch, ...
Maria D’Andrea and Gail Morning Make Strong Showing at First Paralympic Meet
The GTAC Disability Swim meet provided an opportunity for Athletes Without Limits swimmers to compete together with physically disabled Paralympic swimmers for the first time.
Swimmers Maria D'Andrea and Gail Morning traveled to Cincinnati last month to compete in the 7th Annual Greater Toledo Aquatic Club (GTAC) Disability Open Swimming Championships, sanctioned by both USA Swimming and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). While the meet organizers have always welcomed athletes with any disability to compete, what makes this year's meet different is that it ...
T20 Class Now Open at US Paralympic Track & Field Nationals
For the first time in over a decade Paralympic opportunities are opening up for athletes with intellectual disability, starting with the men's 1500m for T20 (athletes with intellectual disability) at the upcoming 2010 US Paralympic Track & Field Nationals June 15-20, 2010 in Mirimar Florida.
Athletes Without Limits co-founder Barry Holman, worked together with US Paralympic to incorporate the class at this years nationals realizing the importance of the event for any athlete interested in getting into the US Team pipeline for the 2012 Paralympics.
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2011 IPC Athletics (Track & Field) World Championships
For the first time in a decade Paralympic Track & Field will be including a class for athletes with intellectual disability (called T20/F20) for the 1500m, shot put and long jump at the January 2011 IPC World Championships in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Date: January 15-31, 2010
Location: Christchurch, New Zealand
Venue: QEII Park
Organized by: IPC Athletics (Track & Field) & Paralympics New Zealand
Qualification Standards for U.S. Athletes with Intellectual Disability:
US Paralympics has established the standards below for US Athletes. Athletes ...
