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Photos: U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum
U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum
A wall of Wheaties boxes help tell the story of athletes in the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum.
U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum
The evolution of medals through the years are on display at the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum.
U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum
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.
U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum
Former UW-Whitewater head men's wheelchair basketball coach Jeremy "Opie" Lade, now an academic advisor, and current head women's wheelchair basketball coach Christina Schwab, line up against one another in a scrimmage at Roseman Gym on the UW-Whitewater campus in 2016. The two have known one another and played basketball together at camps since they were young players. Schwab is a native of Dane and a five-time Paralympian with three gold medals.
U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum
UW-Whitewater alumnus John Boie, who played on the Warhawk men's wheelchair basketball team as a student and is now an academic advisor at the university, won a gold medal with Team USA at the Parapan American Games in Lima, Peru, and is a member of the 2020 Paralympic team in Tokyo.
U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum
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.
U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum
UW-Whitewater student athlete and member of the Team USA women's wheelchair basketball team Lindsey Zurbrugg was photographed after a practice in Kachel Gymnasium at the Williams Center on the UW-Whitewater campus in 2018.
U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum
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.
U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum
A digital panel U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum shows the history of Madison native Eric Heiden, who won five gold medals at the 1980 Olympics.
U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum
Torches are displayed at the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum.
U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum
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.
U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum
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.
U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum
Visitors to the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum tryout a skeleton simulator.
U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum
A lab at the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum demonstrates how science and technology play a role in maximizing an athlete’s performance in training and competition.
U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum
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.
U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum
Visitors at the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum immerse themselves in opening ceremonies that rotate on a screen.
U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum
Footwear is displayed at the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum.
U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum
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.
U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum
This seat from the arena where the 1980 men's U.S. Hockey Team won gold is signed by each member of the team including Madison's Bob Suter and Mark Johnson.
U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum
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.
U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum
A display highlighting the emotional career of Dan Jansen, a speed skater from West Allis.
