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Saints who Sport | 8/30/24
ParaOlympics | Paris, France
https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/meet-the-latter-day-saints-competing-in-the-2024-paris-paralympics?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss
Started 8/28
8 athletes
Wheelchair rugby
Josh Wheeler
Won Silver ‘21 and ‘16
Mixed men and women
Archery
Eric Bennett
Most experienced archer for team USA of all time
Never medaled
HS physics teacher
Wheelchair basketball
Paul Schulte
Two Bronze medals
Gold in Tokyo
Multiple world championship medals
Spinal injury at 10
In a bishopric now
Swimming
Tupoue Neifu
New Zealand
Gold in Tokyo
Hit and run left her brain bruised. Left side paralysis
Alejandra Diaz
Dominican Republic
First swimmer from DR in Tokyo
4’3”
Brittle bone disease
Track and Field
David Blair
Discus
Eagle Mon UT
Gold in Rio
Olympic record
Club foot
Lindi Marcusen
Spokane, WA
100m
Amputated right leg after car accident
Canoe
Peter Cowan
New Zealand
Silver in world championships
Hit by a car on his bike and had right leg amputated
https://www.ldsliving.com/the-faith-of-irish-paralympic-sprinter-dancing-with-the-stars-winner-jason-smyth/s/12334?utm_source=ldsliving&utm_medium=email&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss
Jason Smyth
Former paralympian as a runner
6x champion
9 world gold medals, 6 European titles
100m sprinter
Blind
Dancing with the Stars champion
https://youtu.be/_B_DwCjn9ws?feature=shared&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss
NFL
https://zonecoverage.com/2024/minnesota-vikings-news/jaren-hall-is-a-rock-whos-willing-to-roll/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss
Jaren Hall
Minnesota Vikings
Drafted in 23
BYU grad
Only played one full game with 50% completion
Had a great 24 preseason
Waived yesterday
https://deseretnews-deseretnews-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/sports/2024/08/28/utah-ties-nfl-active-rosters-2024-utah-byu/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss
Utah or BYU: Who has more players on NFL active rosters after cutdown day?
Utah-19
BYU-16
Both had 15 last year.
54 total from Utah schools
MLB
https://www.deseret.com/faith/2024/08/15/see-the-list-of-latter-day-saint-apostles-who-have-thrown-baseballs-ceremonial-first-pitch/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss
13 Apostles
Bednar and Anderson are tied at 2
First was L. Tom Perry who broke the Red Sox curse
Soccer
https://www.deseret.com/faith/2024/08/25/how-olivia-moultries-lds-faith-religion-influences-her-nwsl-career/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss
Olivia Moultrie
National Women’s Soccer
Portland Thorns
18 years old
4th season
Recvd scholarship from UNC at 11 years old
Gave back scholarship and went pro at 13
Due to regs, women couldn’t go pro till they were 18, unlike men
She took it to court and won
Signed with the Thorns thereafter
Now 20 teens are pro
Didn’t make Olympic team due to injury
I’ve had a lot of firsts and a lot of hard situations that I put myself into to get to where I am today, and I really think the backbone of all of that has been my ability to have my faith and just really believing everything happens for a reason and that the decisions I feel motivated to make and compelled to make, I feel like there is a reason behind those things…There may be expectations from other people, but they’re never expectations that I haven’t already put on myself. I’m a very ambitious person.”
“With all the Sunday games that’s not always applicable, but just making any moments I can in my day to kind of like ground myself, I think that’s important…The nice part about it is, obviously, like my faith can, it’s always with me, and so it’s not something that like I feel I have to necessarily attend something to feel (it).”
Gen Z do religion differently
Karate
https://www.thechurchnews.com/members/2024/08/22/latter-day-saint-karate-champion-democratic-republic-of-the-congo-lds/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss
Junior Omatoko
16year old pro
Multiple championships across Africa
African champion this year
Receives a blessing from his father before each competition
“Each time he does, I feel peace and assurance that nothing bad can happen to me and that God will bless my efforts.”
NCAA
https://www.thechurchnews.com/members/2024/08/22/meghan-hunter-ncaa-woman-of-the-year-nominee-byu/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss
Meghan Hunter
800m
NCAA Woman of the Year nominee
Competed for Olympic spot but didn’t make it
The post 838 AoN The Longest Running Show appeared first on The Cultural Hall Podcast.
ParaOlympics | Paris, France
https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/meet-the-latter-day-saints-competing-in-the-2024-paris-paralympics?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss
Started 8/28
8 athletes
Wheelchair rugby
Josh Wheeler
Won Silver ‘21 and ‘16
Mixed men and women
Archery
Eric Bennett
Most experienced archer for team USA of all time
Never medaled
HS physics teacher
Wheelchair basketball
Paul Schulte
Two Bronze medals
Gold in Tokyo
Multiple world championship medals
Spinal injury at 10
In a bishopric now
Swimming
Tupoue Neifu
New Zealand
Gold in Tokyo
Hit and run left her brain bruised. Left side paralysis
Alejandra Diaz
Dominican Republic
First swimmer from DR in Tokyo
4’3”
Brittle bone disease
Track and Field
David Blair
Discus
Eagle Mon UT
Gold in Rio
Olympic record
Club foot
Lindi Marcusen
Spokane, WA
100m
Amputated right leg after car accident
Canoe
Peter Cowan
New Zealand
Silver in world championships
Hit by a car on his bike and had right leg amputated
https://www.ldsliving.com/the-faith-of-irish-paralympic-sprinter-dancing-with-the-stars-winner-jason-smyth/s/12334?utm_source=ldsliving&utm_medium=email&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss
Jason Smyth
Former paralympian as a runner
6x champion
9 world gold medals, 6 European titles
100m sprinter
Blind
Dancing with the Stars champion
https://youtu.be/_B_DwCjn9ws?feature=shared&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss
NFL
https://zonecoverage.com/2024/minnesota-vikings-news/jaren-hall-is-a-rock-whos-willing-to-roll/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss
Jaren Hall
Minnesota Vikings
Drafted in 23
BYU grad
Only played one full game with 50% completion
Had a great 24 preseason
Waived yesterday
https://deseretnews-deseretnews-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/sports/2024/08/28/utah-ties-nfl-active-rosters-2024-utah-byu/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss
Utah or BYU: Who has more players on NFL active rosters after cutdown day?
Utah-19
BYU-16
Both had 15 last year.
54 total from Utah schools
MLB
https://www.deseret.com/faith/2024/08/15/see-the-list-of-latter-day-saint-apostles-who-have-thrown-baseballs-ceremonial-first-pitch/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss
13 Apostles
Bednar and Anderson are tied at 2
First was L. Tom Perry who broke the Red Sox curse
Soccer
https://www.deseret.com/faith/2024/08/25/how-olivia-moultries-lds-faith-religion-influences-her-nwsl-career/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss
Olivia Moultrie
National Women’s Soccer
Portland Thorns
18 years old
4th season
Recvd scholarship from UNC at 11 years old
Gave back scholarship and went pro at 13
Due to regs, women couldn’t go pro till they were 18, unlike men
She took it to court and won
Signed with the Thorns thereafter
Now 20 teens are pro
Didn’t make Olympic team due to injury
I’ve had a lot of firsts and a lot of hard situations that I put myself into to get to where I am today, and I really think the backbone of all of that has been my ability to have my faith and just really believing everything happens for a reason and that the decisions I feel motivated to make and compelled to make, I feel like there is a reason behind those things…There may be expectations from other people, but they’re never expectations that I haven’t already put on myself. I’m a very ambitious person.”
“With all the Sunday games that’s not always applicable, but just making any moments I can in my day to kind of like ground myself, I think that’s important…The nice part about it is, obviously, like my faith can, it’s always with me, and so it’s not something that like I feel I have to necessarily attend something to feel (it).”
Gen Z do religion differently
Karate
https://www.thechurchnews.com/members/2024/08/22/latter-day-saint-karate-champion-democratic-republic-of-the-congo-lds/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss
Junior Omatoko
16year old pro
Multiple championships across Africa
African champion this year
Receives a blessing from his father before each competition
“Each time he does, I feel peace and assurance that nothing bad can happen to me and that God will bless my efforts.”
NCAA
https://www.thechurchnews.com/members/2024/08/22/meghan-hunter-ncaa-woman-of-the-year-nominee-byu/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss
Meghan Hunter
800m
NCAA Woman of the Year nominee
Competed for Olympic spot but didn’t make it
The post 838 AoN The Longest Running Show appeared first on The Cultural Hall Podcast.
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