Making Their Mark: Jean Driscoll

Published on Sep 25, 2015

 

Jean Driscoll uses sports to change lives. Driscoll’s wheelchair racing wins include two Olympic medals and 12 Paralympics medals. Driscoll retired from racing in 2000 and started helping those with disabilities in Ghana, West Africa. On her first visit to Ghana in 2001, she witnessed the harsh conditions and discrimination faced by people with disabilities in that country. She conducted several wheelchair racing clinics in Ghana that led to that country’s first-ever Paralympic team. She also helped bring two coaches and eight athletes from Ghana to Illinois for training with the U. of I. team.  

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