Sarah Will (born 1965)[1][2] is a paralympic skier who spent 11 years on the U.S. Disabled Ski Team. During this time, she earned a record 13 medals (12 gold, 1 silver) while competing in four Winter Paralympic Games between 1992 and 2002.[3] She was named to the United States Olympic Hall of Fame in July 2009[4] and is also a member of the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame.[5]

Will serves as an accessibility consultant, public speaker and is an adaptive guest coach throughout the globe. Sarah is an advocate for people with disabilities in the Vail community.[6]

Life

She became paralyzed in 1988 in a skiing accident.[7]

Sarah was one of the first adaptive athletes to compete at the XGames in the first ever Monoskier X cross, where she earned a bronze medal in the women's category. The following year she placed 4th in the open Monoskier X Cross, being the only woman in a field of 16 competitors.

After retiring from competition, Will worked as a commentator for ESPN's XGames. Sarah also served as a commentator for NBC Universal Sports coverage of the Paralympic games in Vancouver, BC and the following games in Sochi, Russia.

In her spare time, Sarah enjoys painting, mainly for charity events.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Sarah Will". U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame. Retrieved December 15, 2023.
  2. ^ "Sarah Will". Colorado Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame. Retrieved December 15, 2023.
  3. ^ Williams, David O. (December 20, 2005). "Sarah Will: racing toward a bold new role". realvail.com. Archived from the original on May 11, 2009. Retrieved July 7, 2009.
  4. ^ Rugh, Pete (July 1, 2009). "Street, Mead Lawrence and Will join USOC Hall of Fame". SkiRacing. Retrieved July 7, 2009.
  5. ^ Glendenning, Lauren (July 1, 2009). "One Hall of Fame down, one to go for Vail Valley skier". Vail Daily. Archived from the original on March 8, 2012. Retrieved July 7, 2009.
  6. ^ Feast, Vance (December 20, 2005). "A Will for the Gold". sitski.com. Archived from the original on July 26, 2009. Retrieved July 7, 2009.
  7. ^ West, Tom (December 2009). "U.S. Hall of Fame Names Eight 2009 Inductees". Skiing Heritage Journal. 21 (4): 21. ISSN 1082-2895. Retrieved July 21, 2015.

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