COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Dan Jansen’s ice skates are here, along with a seat signed by Bob Suter, Mark Johnson and the rest of the 1980 U.S. men’s Miracle on Ice hockey team.
Peter Barrett, a Madison man who won gold in sailing in 1968, is among those from Wisconsin who can be found in the database of the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum in Colorado Springs, Colo. The stories of more than 12,000 athletes are in the museum's archives.
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A skate worn by Madison native and Olympic speed skating champion Eric Heiden is displayed in the Winter Olympics gallery at the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum in Colorado Springs, Colo. Heiden is also featured in the museum's Hall of Fame.
Digital touch screens at the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum let visitors choose options at a number of exhibits, including this one on the development and advancements in wheelchairs used in adaptive sporting events.
Christina Schwab, head coach of the UW-Whitewater women's wheelchair basketball team, displays the gold medal she won in 2016 as a member of the U.S. Women's Wheelchair Basketball Team at the Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Schwab is an assistant coach this year on the U.S. men's wheelchair basketball team that played for a gold medal Saturday night in Tokyo.
UW-Whitewater's Becca Murray (13) looks to the basket to shoot against the University of Illinois during a tournament hosted by the Warhawks in Kachel Fieldhouse in 2012. During her career, Murray was a three-time Paralympian who won gold medals in 2008 and 2016.
The 60,000-square-foot U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum in Colorado Springs, Colo., is about three miles west of the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Training Center.
A 40-foot-tall LED screen rotates images of athletes in the lobby of the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum in Colorado Springs, Colo. The $90 million museum opened in 2020 and chronicles the athletes of the games, their sports, history and changing technologies.
Mary Adamavich, of Madison, takes aim at a target in an archery simulator that is part of the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum in Colorado Springs, Colo. The museum also has simulators for track, downhill skiing, skeleton, sled hockey and goal ball.
Footwear is displayed at the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum.
Barry Adams covers regional news for the Wisconsin State Journal. Send him ideas for On Wisconsin at 608-252-6148 or by email at badams@madison.com.
