
USA sled hockey team member Noah Grove '21 is competing in the Winter Paralympics in PyeongChang, South Korea.Ìý
Just as UNH had a small but mighty presence at the 2018 Olympics (Kacey Bellamy ’09 was a member of the USA women’s hockey team that won the gold), so, too, will Wildcats, past and present,Ìýduring the 2018 Paralympic Games March 9-18 in PyeongChang, South Korea.
UNH Wildcats on 2018 Paralympic Teams
Noah Grove ’21Ìýis a memberÌýof the 2018 . A freshman in theÌý, this is his first appearance at the Paralympics. In PyeongChang he will take the ice with veteran teammates, eight of whom played on the gold-medal winning team at Sochi in 2014.ÌýGrove was a member of the team that won a silver medal at the 2017 Para Sled Hockey World Championship in Gangneung, South Korea.
Laurie Stephens ’07, a monoskier on the , is a four-time Paralympian with six medals to her name. She started skiing at age 12. By 15, she was racing and in 2004, she was the slalom World Cup champion. Stephens won gold medals in downhill, Super G and giant slalom at the 2006 Paralympic Winter Games in Torino and a bronze medal at the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Games in the downhill super-G.
Tyler Walker ’08,Ìýa monoskier from Franconia, New Hampshire, is competing in his fourth consecutive Paralympics with the . Walker grew up skiing in adaptive programs and later joined the New England Disabled Ski Team. He was the World Cup overall runner-up for giant slalom when he was only 19 years old. The following year he captured the same title at the 2004 Paralympic Winter Games. Walker won gold medals in the monoskier cross event in the X Games in 2010 and 2009.
Natalie Bilynsky ’16Ìýjoins the athletes in PyeongChang through a study abroad program that will have her meeting with members of the International Paralympic Committee, elite athletes and event organizers. Bilynsky is a graduate student in with a minor in adaptive sports option. She will conduct her field practicum at the Paralympic Games.
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Written By:
Jody Record ’95 | Communications and Public Affairs | jody.record@unh.edu