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Apr 5, 2013
03:12 PM

By Lindsay Hock

Where are They Now: Picabo Street, 1985 Travel & Training Fund grantee

To an outsider, skier Picabo Street’s rise to the top of the Olympic podium might have looked easy. A natural athlete who qualified for the U.S. National team at just 18, Street raced like she was born with skies on her feet. But her inspiring success and ensuing ski- icon status did not come without its trials and tribulations. What has the Olympic gold medalist been up to since she last raced in 2002? Read on the find out.

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Mar 12, 2013
02:47 PM

By Lindsay Hock

Five Questions With...Phaidra Knight

She is her sport’s pioneer, a prolific prop player who has represented the U.S. Rugby National Team for 15 seasons while earning USA Rugby’s Player of the Decade in 2010. But New Yorker Phaidra Knight isn’t just a rugby star – she’s a law school graduate with the 2014 Sochi Games on her mind. We sat down with Phaidra to talk about playing sports as a young girl in rural Georgia, why she’s now aiming for a spot on the U.S. Bobsled team and what the Women’s Sport Foundation means to her.

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Mar 1, 2013
02:40 PM

By Lindsay Hock

Where Are They Now? Cameron Myler, 1996 Travel & Training Fund Grantee

In 1996, Cameron Myler came to us looking for help. Despite her decade-long tenure on the U.S. National Luge Team and three Winter Olympic Games under her belt, Myler wasn’t able to cover the costs of her dedication to and love of her sport. So we stepped in and in ’96, awarded her a grant from our Travel & Training Fund. Myler went on to qualify for a fourth Winter Games in 1998 in Nagano, Japan, retiring shortly after. What has Myler been up to in the last 17 years? Read on for more.

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Feb 22, 2013
12:59 PM

By Lindsay Hock

Where are They Now?: 1998 Travel & Training Fund grantee Vonetta Flowers

On February 19, 2002, the entire city of Birmingham, Alabama, was glued to their televisions during the Salt Lake Winter Olympic Games, watching hometown favorite Vonetta Flowers become the first-ever athlete of African descent to win a Winter Games gold. The bobsledder, to whom we awarded a grant from our Travel & Training Fund in 1998, also competed in the 2006 Winter Olympic Games, finishing sixth. In honor of February’s Black History Month, we tracked down Vonetta to find out what she has been up to since her history-making run in Salt Lake in 2002.

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Feb 7, 2013
03:11 PM

By Lindsay Hock

Where Are They Now? 1994 WSF Travel & Training Fund Grantee Jennifer Johnson

Since 1984, our Travel & Training program has helped fuel the dreams of hundreds of deserving athletes. Many of these women have gone on to capture national championships and Olympic gold medals, including figure skater Michelle Kwan, alpine skier Picabo Street, judoka Kayla Harrison and gymnasts Kerri Strug and Gabrielle Douglas. Jennifer Johnson, a wheelchair table tennis player who won gold and bronze medals at the Atlanta 1996 Paralympic Games in addition gold and silver medals at the Seoul 1988 Paralympic Games, is also on that list. In December of 2012, she was inducted into the U.S. Table Tennis’ Hall of Fame, but what has she been up to in the 16 years since her golden Games in Atlanta?

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