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ASF PARALYMPIC ATHLETES
Caitie Sarubbi, a visually impaired girl from Brooklyn, NY, started skiing with the Adaptive Sports Foundation in 2002. Eight years later, Caitie satisfied her life-long dream of competing in the 2010 Paralympics. Caitie competed in all five alpine events at the 2010 Paralympic Winter Games in Whistler, Canada in March and celebrated her experience with her fellow Olympians and Paralympians when they visited President Obama in the White House summer of 2010. Currently, Caitie has resumed her studies at Harvard and continues to train and race as much as possible. She fully intends to compete in Sochi 2014! To find out more about Caitie visit her website.
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14-year-old Staci Mannella, a visually impaired ski racer, and member of the Adaptive Sports Foundation race team, is an up and coming athlete aiming to participate in the 2014 Paralympics. Staci spent the 2010-2011 season training and competing in local, regional, and national adaptive races. Staci and her guide, ASF Operations Manager Kim Seevers, competed in the North American Cup Series and raced at Copper Mountain, CO, Waterville Valley, NH, Park City, UT and Alyeska, Alaska. Staci and Kim most recently returned from the 2011 US Adaptive Alpine Championships in Alaska, where Staci raced in her first speed events, finishing both the downhill and super g races. Staci won the junior national championships in both downhill and slalom. To find out more about Staci visit her website.
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ASF EMERGING ATHLETES
John Eckbold was born on March 15, 1989 with spina bifida, a congenital spinal cord disability. He was born prematurely, weighing only two pounds and three ounces. Within hours of his birth he had surgery to repair his spine and place a shunt in his head. Over the next 21 years John had 32 surgeries. However, he has not let his health stand in his way.
John uses a mono-ski (which is a sit-ski with one ski) along with two outriggers to ski the slopes. John trained and raced with ASF’s race team for the last two winter seasons and will do so again this winter.
John would like to attend more training camps in the future and move up to competing in Level 2 races.
To find out more about John please visit his website.
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