Bio: Shilts, Daina (ESPY Award - 2017)
Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
E-mail:
dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org
Surnames: Shilts, Obama, Kennedy, Shriver
----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 7/19/2017
Shilts, Diana (ESPY Award – 12 July 2017)
Daina Shilts, 26, of Neillsville, received a coveted honorary ESPY Award July
12. Shilts joined former first lady Michelle Obama on stage during the awards
show in Los Angeles as she presented a courage award to the son of Special
Olympics founder Eunice Kennedy Shriver. Shilts was one of 25 Special Olympics
athletes from across the country to receive the award and was one of only eight
chosen to be on stage in front of sports stars and legends during the ESPY Award
program. Shilts has won a number of gold medals in national and international
snowboarding competitions. Shilts commented, “Just because we have a disability
doesn’t mean we can’t do the same as you. We just have different challenges. I
never let my disability define me.”
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