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Chris Waddell"s Nametags Chat Podcast

Those who face the greatest adversity tell the most enlightening stories. Hall of Fame Paralympic athlete, the first “nearly unassisted” paraplegic to summit Mt Kilimanjaro and the founder of One Revolution Foundation Chris Waddell chats with members of the adaptive community regarding some of life’s most enduring questions: am I a victim or a survivor, is the situation overwhelming or a challenge, am I alone or part of a team and do I have one strategy or many? One Revolution’s Nametags Educational

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66:12

Zach Miller - Paralympian, World Champion born with...

Chris Waddell"s Nametags Chat Podcast ·

2023/07/21

Zach Miller is a 24yr old snowboarder who was born with Left Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy. He discovered snowboarding through his treatment at Children’s Hospital Colorado, and has been a member of the US Parasnowboard Team since 2018. He is a 2022 Paralympian, 2-time World Champion, and avid enthusiast of motorcycles and video games.

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66:49

Katrina Webb - Australian Sporting Legend!

Chris Waddell"s Nametags Chat Podcast ·

2023/07/21

As an Australian sporting legend, Katrina Webb is no stranger to a Gold medal podium or a star-lit stage. She has received awards and medals most athletes only dream about. Despite this success, her journey hasn’t always been easy.

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59:08

Joe LeMar - Paralympic Wheelchair Gold Medalist!

Chris Waddell"s Nametags Chat Podcast ·

2023/07/10

Paralympic Gold Medalist & Wheelchair Softball and Basketball Champion on the Nametags Chat Podcast with Chris Waddell.

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46:48

Robert Enigl - 2022 Beijing Paralympic Monoskier &...

Chris Waddell"s Nametags Chat Podcast ·

2023/06/22

I am a 38 year old Adaptive Athlete, Professional Monoskier, TeamUSA member, World Cup Ski Racer, USA National Alpine Ski team member and 2022 US Paralympic Ski team member -Big Sky resort Athlete Ambassador - I'm also one of only a few Sit skier to ski Big Sky’s Big Couloir and Many first sit-ski descents, Gullies 2,3, Summit Direct, and Lower Pinnacles at Big Sky as well as first descents of Jaws 3D, Slushmans Ravine and Pat’s Chute at Bridger Bowl. Some of my recent projects have been

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60:09

Hoda Elshorbagy - Egyptian woman wheelchair racer!

Chris Waddell"s Nametags Chat Podcast ·

2023/06/15

Egyptian wheelchair racer now living and training in the US. Hoda shares her journey to coming to the US to train and compete and what the future holds for her!

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59:05

Dan Berlin - Co-founder and President of Team See...

Chris Waddell"s Nametags Chat Podcast ·

2023/06/09

Dan is a co-founder and President of Team See Possibilities, a non-profit organization which empowers young people with vision loss to thrive by providing scholarship and mentorship to high achieving college students who are vision impaired. He also serves as chairman of the board of Success Beyond Sight, a nonprofit corporation that helps individuals who are blind or have low vision to advance professionally and fully engage in community life by eliminating barriers to their equal

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60:49

Mike Schlappi - Motivational Speaker, Gold Medalist,...

Chris Waddell"s Nametags Chat Podcast ·

2023/06/07

When motivational speaker Mike Schlappi takes the floor, a dazzling smile greets you. Then you notice the wheelchair. If ever a man was defined by what he can do instead of what he cannot do, it's Gold Medalist and Author Mike Schlappi. At the age of 14, Mike was an outstanding athlete when a gunshot to the chest at point-blank range challenged his dreams. He would never walk again. After months of rigorous physical therapy, he began playing basketball from his wheelchair and went on to

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57:37

Liam Flanagan - Student Leader and Disability Advocate!

Chris Waddell"s Nametags Chat Podcast ·

2023/05/24

Monoskier with Cerebral Palsy and Varsity Wrestler at Andover High School.

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61:17

Krige Schabort - Marathon Champion, Racing Wheelchair...

Chris Waddell"s Nametags Chat Podcast ·

2023/05/20

Krige was born and raised in Cape Town, South Africa. He was an all-round sportsman excelling in athletics, rugby, squash and surfing. In 1987 Krige lost both his legs during a military skirmish in Angola. This devastating incident changed Krige’s life forever.

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61:21

Tyler Byers - Paralympian, Marathoner, Mono-skier &...

Chris Waddell"s Nametags Chat Podcast ·

2023/05/13

Tyler Byers began racing at the age of nine. His first major road race was the Bloomsday 12K in Spokane, Wash., in 1992 - a race he's competed in ever since. Byers went to his first Junior National Wheelchair Championships in 1994, and came away with a bronze medal in the 1,500m. It was then that Byers decided to set his sights even higher, aiming for the Paralympic Games. Out of high school, Byers was recruited by Derek Brown to race on the University of Arizona wheelchair racing team,

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60:32

Michelle Konkoly - Paralympian, NBC Analyst, Med...

Chris Waddell"s Nametags Chat Podcast ·

2023/05/12

Michelle Konkoly is a 4x Paralympic medalist and pediatric rehabilitation rehab resident physician. After a traumatic spinal cord injury in 2011 left her with permanent weakness in her legs, she pivoted from able bodied swimming to the Paralympic sphere, and her career took off. At the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Paralympic Games, she was selected as team captain and won 2 gold medals (S9 50m and 100m freestyle), 1 silver medal (400m freestyle relay), and 1 bronze medal (400m medley relay), as well

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63:59

Arly Velasquez - 4 x Paralympian Winter Games for...

Chris Waddell"s Nametags Chat Podcast ·

2023/05/04

Arly is a 4-time Winter Paralympian representing Mexico. He is an entrepreneur, baker, film director, healthy lifestyle promoter and much more! A 13 year sports career has led Arly to be the only representative of Mexico in the last 4 Paralympic Winter Games. He has been a continental champion on several occasions, National Champion of both the United States and Canada. He has been a speaker for 12 years, encouraging children, youth and adults to dream big and work for their dreams. He

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61:28

Paul Shulte - 3-time US Basketball Paralympian 2000,...

Chris Waddell"s Nametags Chat Podcast ·

2023/04/27

Paul is a three-time Paralympian competing in Sydney Australia, Beijing China, and London England. Also, he became a 2-time world champion and in 2002 was named most valuable player at the World Championships in Japan. During his senior year of college, Paul's team won the Intercollegiate Championship, with Paul receiving Most Valuable Player, Academic All-American, and Sportsmanship honors. UT-Arlington later retired the jersey #20 in his honor. He went on to become a 5-time National

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58:03

Trischa Zorn - The most decorated Paralympian of all...

Chris Waddell"s Nametags Chat Podcast ·

2023/04/23

Swimmer Trischa Zorn is the most successful athlete in the history of the Paralympic Games, having won 55 medals, including 41 gold medals, over seven Paralympics. Zorn, who was born with a genetic eye condition that left her blind, first competed in the Paralympics at Arnhem 1980. Just 16, she won seven gold medals. She won six more gold medals at New York 1984 and continued on from there.Zorn became the first visually-impaired athlete to earn an NCAA Division I scholarship, becoming a

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62:48

Mike Savicki - Boston Marathoner & First Ever...

Chris Waddell"s Nametags Chat Podcast ·

2023/04/21

Not only is he a 22-time finisher (and five-time division winner) of the prestigious BAA® Boston Marathon (making him the only person to have completed the marathon on foot and subsequently in a wheelchair), he has also earned more than 100 gold medals in the National Wheelchair Veterans Games (the nation’s largest annual sporting event for athletes with disabilities). A triathlete since 1999, Savicki became the first quadriplegic to finish the 70.3-mile Beach to Battleship Half Ironman

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48:56

Ian Rice - 2 x Paralympian and ssociate Head for...

Chris Waddell"s Nametags Chat Podcast ·

2023/04/13

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60:25

Andrew Kurka - Round 3! Update on the Paralympic...

Chris Waddell"s Nametags Chat Podcast ·

2023/04/06

Andrew Kurka joins us for round 3 on Nametags Chat. Andrew talks about his unfortunate crash in a training run in Beijing just minutes before his official downhill run start.

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66:37

Andrew Kurka - After a big training crash, Andrew...

Chris Waddell"s Nametags Chat Podcast ·

2023/04/04

Andrew Kurka joins us for round 2, an update on his Paralympic Journey! Three-time Paralympian (2014, 2018, 2022); Two-time Paralympic medalist (1 gold, 1 silver)Paralympic Winter Games Beijing 2022, 4th (downhill)Paralympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018, gold (downhill), silver (super-G), 7th (super combined)Paralympic Winter Games Sochi 2014

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43:04

Hannah Dederick - Youngest wheelchair racer on the...

Chris Waddell"s Nametags Chat Podcast ·

2023/03/28

Born in China Adopted Spent the first few years of my life in an orphanage then was adopted by an American Family at the age of 4 years old and was brought to the United States. First lived in Alabama then moved to Spokane Washington. First Paralympic debut this year to compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo.- One of youngest members on the U.S Paralympic Track and Field team- Youngest athlete to compete in the 100 in the T54 classification at the Toyko Paralympic Games

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62:15

Chuck Aoki - Chuck Aoki - Paralympian, Captain US...

Chris Waddell"s Nametags Chat Podcast ·

2023/03/17

My name is Chuck Aoki, and I am originally from Minneapolis, MN, and I have used a wheelchair since the age of ten, due to a rare genetic condition. I am a three-time US Paralympic medalist in the sport of wheelchair rugby, current captain of the team heading to World Championships in October and have been involved in adapted sports for my entire life, starting with wheelchair basketball at age 7. Currently I work as a Community Access Navigator at the University of Michigan, where I

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