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Bend Bulletin features triathlete Sean O’Rourke

Athletes Without Limits Sean O'Rourke was featured online and on the front page of the June 26 print edition of the Bend Bulletin while spending a week in Oregon with coach Barry Holman: Bend coach helps special needs athletes reach never-before-reached heights: Triathlete from New York hopes to become the 1st with an intellectual disability to finish an Ironman triathlon Read the article at BendBulletin.com

Athletes Without Limits Triathlete Sean O’Rourke Becomes First Developmentally Disabled Ironman

O’Rourke Being Coached for 140.6 Mile Event by Professional Triathlete and Ironman Broadcaster Matt Lieto (BEND, Ore.) – It has been called the ultimate test of human endurance and perseverance...

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.

2016 Rio Paralympics Filled with “Firsts” for US Athletes with Intellectual Disability

The 2016 Rio Paralympic was filled with firsts for US para-athletes with intellectual disability. On the very same day of competition both Brianna Clark and Michael Brannigan became the first US athletes with intellectual disability to medal at the Parlympics. Clark handily won the Gold in the Women's 400m with a time of 57.79 and Brannigan took Gold in the men's 1500m with a time of 3:51.73. Tysheem Griffin was also selected to the team and competed in the men's 400m following strong medal performances at the 2015 Inas Global Games in Ecuador and 2016 US Paralympics Team Trials. In swimming Leslie Cichocki became the first swimmer with ...

Coach Patrick Thoreson Honored by US Masters Swimming

Wins Kerry O’Brien Coaching Award For Immediate Release: September 1, 2016 Contact: Barry Holman (202) 544-0510 Athletes Without Limits’ Global Games US Swim Coach and  Head Coach of the Atlanta-based Nautical Milers AWL Affiliate Swim Team, Patrick Thoreson, has been awarded the prestigious United States Masters Swimming “Kerry O’Brien Coaching Award” for 2016. The award, created by the USMS Coaches’ Committee in 2008, recognizes the top US Masters swim coaches in the county. Thoreson, aka “Coach Pat,” from Atlanta, GA, was inspired to start a competitive swim ...

Results from the 2016 Inas World Tennis Championships

Athletes Without Limits congratulates all the players who recently competed in the 2016 Inas World Championships for high-performance players with intellectual impairment. Top athletes from Australia, Belguim, Czech Republic, Italy and the United States came to Sea Colony Tennis Resort in Bethany Beach, Delaware for the 5-day tournament, which took place June 10-19th.  A special thank you to the coaches, USTA officials, volunteers, parents, our hosts at Sea Colony Tennis Center and event sponsors who helped make the first US hosted Inas event such a success. MEDIA & PHOTOS Athletes Without Limits Facebook Page DelmarvaNow Feature ...

Athletes Without Limits Wins Bid to Host 2016 Virtus World Tennis Championships

INAS are pleased to announce the awarding of the 2016 INAS World Tennis Championships to USA. Sea Colony Resort at Bethany Beach, Delaware, United States will play host...

Athletes Without Limits Receives CARH Grant to Promote High Performance Sport Programs in the Bay Area

CARH Inc. has awarded Athletes Without Limits a grant to create high performance athletic opportunities for people with intellectual disability in the Bay Area.

Poland to Host First Virtus (formerly Inas) European Winter Games

Inas Europe Region has launched a new project - the Winter Games - which in its first year also incorporates the 2016 Inas World Alpine and Nordic Skiing Championships along with Handball. The event takes place in Zakopane, Poland, between 29th February to 5th March 2016.

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. ...