Chris Waddell
Track & Field Paralympics
Served as envoy
- 2019 – Tanzania
· Dalai Lama’s Unsung Hero of Compassion
· Thirteen-time Paralympic Medalist
· World Champion in skiing and track
· Most medals of any male monoskier in Paralympic history
· Doctor of Humane Letters, Middlebury College
· First Ambassador International Paralympic Committee
· Founder One Revolution Foundation
· First nearly unassisted paraplegic to summit Mt Kilimanjaro
· Paralympic Hall of Fame
· US Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame
· People Magazine “50 Most Beautiful People”
· Skiing Magazine “25 Greatest Skiers in North America”
· NPR: The Best Graduation Speeches, Ever (Middlebury College ’11)
· NBC Paralympic Commentator (Opening, Closing, Track and Skiing)