Jamie Whitmore had won 37 XTERRA races, six national titles, and one world championship by the time she was forced to retire at the age of 31. But as we’ve seen so many times before, when one door closes in life, sometimes another one opens. Jamie’s journey to Paralympic Gold and Silver in 2016 is…
Liz Baker is a sight-impaired triathlete who took fourth at the first-ever Paralympic Paratriathlon. But the real story we discuss takes you deep inside the mind and body of an athlete who had the guts to push herself way past the tipping point while the whole world was watching. Subscribe to Babbittville Radio on…
Here’s the audio from Breakfast with Bob interview with Melissa Stockwell at the ITU Paratriathlon World Championships in Chicago, September 2015. Melissa Stockwell served her country in Iraq and lost her leg in 2004 when she was struck by an IED. During her time spent post-injury at Walter Reed Medical Center, Melissa found the support and…
Alex Zanardi won two CART titles back in 1997 and 1998, raced Formula 1 and then, after losing both legs in a horrific crash in 2001, came back to auto racing before getting into handcycling and winning two Paralympic gold medals in London. He also went to Kona and went 9:47 at the Ironman Triathlon World…
She has an Olympic Silver medal and an Ironman World Championship title. In a few weeks the great Michellie Jones is heading to the Paralympics in Rio to partner with sight-impaired athlete and fellow Aussie Katie Kelly. Subscribe to Babbittville Radio on iTunes Sponsors Subscribe to Newsletter CREDO Tri SFuels Endurance Zone TV…
Tricia Downing was a high level cyclist who came to San Diego one year and piloted a blind cyclist at CAF’s San Diego Triathlon Challenge. When she was back home in Colorado, she was hit by a car while cycling and ended up paralyzed. While in her hospital bed she applied for a CAF grant…
Alana Nichols was paralyzed when she was 17 years old back in 2000. Two years later she discovered wheelchair basketball and by 2008 she won a Paralympic Gold Medal. Two years later she won two more Gold Medals, this time in the winter Paralympics on the mono ski. She is now getting ready for Rio to…
In his first Paralympics in London in 2012, Patrick Blake Leeper took home a bronze and a silver medal in the 200 and 400 respectively. After testing positive for cocaine in 2015, Leeper came to grips with his substance abuse issues, got the help he needed, and literally got back on track. He is now…
Amy Dixon is a wine expert who has been blind since the age of 22 and has only been into triathlon for the past few years. Susanne Davis became a professional triathlete way back in the 1990’s and her goal was to be in the first ever Olympic Triathlon back in 2000. They have now…
In her hall of fame career, Michellie Jones won two ITU World Championships, an Olympic silver medal, the first ever XTERRA World Championship and the 2006 Ironman World Championship. Now she is racing with hearing and vision impaired triathlete Katie Kelly to, hopefully, bring home a Paralympic medal from Rio in 2016. Subscribe to…