34 results for tag: Rowing

AWL Update on Coronavirus (COVID-19)

A summary of Athletes Without Limits event cancellations and postponements in order to help prevent further spread of Novel Coronavirus (COVID 19) — with links to relevant updates and preventative measures.

US Team Results from the 2019 Global Games in Brisbane Australia

Athletes Without Limits congratulates all 22 athletes who recently competed in four sports at the 2019 Global Games in Australia — and Inas is now called Virtus! We had a great time at the Inas (now called Virtus) Global Games 2019! Many personal bests, great team spirit and sportsmanship. Congratulations to the athletes who won medals and to all who gave their all to achieve. Thank you to our Australian hosts, officials and volunteers who made this Global Games awesome and to national sponsors who supported our US Team. We look forward to taking our growing U.S. team to the 2023 Virtus Global Games in France! MEDIA & PHOTOS Athletes ...

2019 USA Global Games Team Set to Compete in Brisbane

Athletes Without Limits is proud to announce the 22 athletes who will represent the United States at the 2019 INAS Global Games in Brisbane...

New in 2019 – Virtus (formerly called Inas) Indoor Rowing Video Competition

Athletes Without Limits is doing our part to increase rowing opportunities for athletes with intellectual and developmental disabilities by hosting the first INAS Indoor Rowing Cyber Championships – a new initiative from the INAS Rowing Committee that aims to make the sport more accessible to a greater number of rowers.

Athletes Without Limits relocates National headquarters to Bend Oregon

The move was made in large part due to Bend’s abundance of training opportunities and facilities, access to outdoor recreation, active lifestyle, and the community’s ethos for volunteerism.

Brisbane to host 2019 INAS Global Games

For Immediate Release: 12th June 2015 Learn more on our Athlete Without Limits Global Games page. INAS – the International Federation for sport for para-athletes with an intellectual disability – has selected Brisbane, Australia to host the 5th INAS Global Games in 2019. The Games – a week long championship featuring nine sports – will attract more than 1000 of the world’s elite athletes with an intellectual disability. The opening ceremony will take place on 19th October 2019. Sport Inclusion Australia (formerly AUSRAPID) is the INAS member organisation responsible for the delivery of the Games. ...

Venable Foundation Donates Racing Shell to Athletes Without Limits Rowing Program

Athletes Without Limits celebrated it's newest racing shell The Venable at a special event featuring Olympic Medalist Esther Lofgren and Paralympic Bronze Medalist Sgt. Rob Jones. Generously donated by the Venable Foundation under the leadership of Doug Baldridge, The Win-Tech four-person sweep racing shell has adaptive features that allow the athletes with disabilities on our Washington DC-based Integrated Rowing Team to race and train together with their non-disabled peers. Visit our Facebook page to see photos from the dedication event.

Jones and Masters Win Paralympic Bronze in Rowing Mixed Double

Athletes Without Limits is proud to have members of our DC-based integrated rowing team on the podium in London. The mixed double sculls crew of Rob Jones (Lovettsville, Va.) and Oksana Masters (Buffalo, N.Y.) won bronze in the Trunk & Arms category Sunday at the 2012 Paralympic Games in Eton Dorney, outside London. Theirs is the first U.S. Paralympic medal in this event since rowing became part of the Paralympic Games in Beijing in 2008. The U.S. crew was in sixth place at the start, but worked it's way through the field, crossing the line in 4:05.56 to edge out Great Britain by 0.21 seconds. China won gold in 3:57.63, with France taking ...

Strong Season for AWL’s DC Rowing Team

Coach Patrick Johnson, brings 20 years of teaching experience at the high school and collegiate level and is the founding director for two adaptive programs including the integrated Athletes Without Limits/US Paralympic Military Program (USPMP) Rowing Team in Washington DC. Johnson and his team of coaches and volunteers are experienced in motivating athletes with intellectual disability to make rowing both fun and challenging. We invite coaches to join us at the camp to share and strengthen the growing movement for the "ID" classification in US and international rowing. Athletes Without Limits Rowing 2011 Season Achievements: 16 GOLD 11 ...

50+ Athletes with Disability Compete at C.R.A.S.H.-B. Indoor Rowing Sprints

Event shows great promise for integration of athletes with intellectual, 
physical, and visual disabilities into prominent sporting events Boston, MA - Over 50 athletes with disabilities competed amongst the 2,200+ total participants at the 2012 C.R.A.S.H.-B. Sprints, an annual indoor rowing competition that took place earlier today at Boston University’s Agganis Arena. Competitors rowed 1,000 or 2,000 meters against the clock on sponsor Concept2 ergometers in various categories including Men’s and Women’s Open, Lightweight, Under-23, Junior, Master, Veteran and Adaptive divisions. This yearâ€Ȓ...