Boots worn by Paralympic skier Dan Cnossen at the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Games
date: label: date made
content: 2018
name: label: user
content: Cnossen, Dan
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Boots worn by Paralympic skier Dan Cnossen at the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Games are dark brown suede with black rubber soles and red and black shoe laces. This was part of the uniform worn by Dan Cnossen and other USA athletes at the opening ceremonies of the PyeongChang Winter Games.
label: Description (Brief)
content: While serving in Afghanistan as a Lt. Commander of Seal Team One, Cnossen stepped on an IED and lost both legs just above the knee. After rehabilitation, he became a Paralympian competing in the 2014 Sochi Games and the 2018 PyeongChang Games. Cnossen has earned one gold, four silver and one bronze medal in the biathlon and cross-country skiing -- becoming the first American male athlete to win gold in a biathlon event in either the Olympics or Paralympics. Cnossen balances the physical and mental intensity of training by pursuing a second master’s degree in theology from Harvard.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The first Paralympic Games were held in Rome in 1960, a week after the Summer Olympics. This tradition of holding the games for athletes with disabilities after the Olympics continues today. These first games were for wheelchair users only, but in 1976 athletes with other disabilities were welcomed. In that same year adaptive athletes from the Winter Olympics were also embraced. The 1996 games in Atlanta marked a turning point as the first games to fully include the Paralympic athletes and events under the Team USA banner.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The 2018 Winter Paralympics, also known as the 12th Paralympic Winter Games were held in PyeongChang, South Korea with 49 countries and 569 athletes participating. Snowboarding became a separate sport apart from Alpine Skiing at these Games with more events than in 2014. Dan Cnossen became the first American male athlete to win gold in a biathlon event in either the Olympics or Paralympics earning one gold and two silvers in biathlon and two silvers and one bronze in cross country skiing. The US Paralympic sled hockey team won gold for a third consecutive Paralympics beating the Canadians 2-1 in overtime. The US won the medal count with 36.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: name of sport
content: Cross Country Skiing
label: level of sport
content: paralympics
label: web subject
content: Disabilities
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content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
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content: Sports & Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Dan Cnossen
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2018.0192.06
label: accession number
content: 2018.0192
label: catalog number
content: 2018.0192.06
objectType: label: Object Name
content: boots, winter paralympics
label: Object Name
content: boots
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: leather, suede (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: rubber (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric, cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 1/2 in x 4 1/2 in x 11 1/2 in; 19.05 cm x 11.43 cm x 29.21 cm