2004 Bronze Medalist Scott Rodgers on Making the Paralympics and Growing Parafencing in the U.S.

28/11/2022 31 min Episodio 16
2004 Bronze Medalist Scott Rodgers on Making the Paralympics and Growing Parafencing in the U.S.

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In this episode of First to 15, we're joined three-time Paralympian and 2004 Paralympic Bronze Medalist Scott Rodgers.It was 1993 when Scott was first introduced to what was then called wheelchair fencing and is now known in the U.S. as parafencing. He quickly learned he was pretty good at it, and before long he was earning medals at the national and then international level.Speaking of international fencing, Scott competed at the 2000 Paralympics in Sydney, earned a bronze medal at the 2004 Paralympics in Athens, and returned to represent Team USA at the 2008 Paralympics in Beijing.Visit the USA Fencing websiteSupport our Parafencing to Paris campaignFollow USA Fencing on InstagramRead a transcript for this episode
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