Andrew Kurka
Andrew Kurka is a two-time Paralympic medalist alpine skier from Alaska who competes in the slalom, giant slalom, super G, downhill and super combined events. In the 2018 Winter Paralympics in PyeongChang he won gold in downhill and silver in the super-G. In the 2017 World Championships, he won gold in downhill, silver in giant slalom and bronze in super-G. Kurka is also was a six-time Alaskan state champion in freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling. Kurka got injured at the age of 13 after an ATV accident that left him paralyzed. Two years later he tried mono-ski for the first time and in 2010 was called up to the USA´s Paralympic team.
Mike Schultz
Mike Schultz, a snowboarder from Minnesota, won a gold medal in the 2018 Winter Paralympics in PyeongChang in snowboard-cross and won silver in banked slalom. In the 2017 World Championships, he won silver in banked slalom. Schultz has been a lifetime lover of action sports and an amputation of his left leg above the knee left him looking for a solution to help him to continue performing at a high level. After engineering his own prosthetic knee, which utilizes a patented linkage system and a mountain bike shock, Mike earned a motocross adaptive silver medal at the X Games. It was after this that he realized the need for advancements in high impact adaptive sports prosthetics and founded BioDapt, Inc. in July 2010. Making the Moto Knee available to active amputees across North America.
Bob Meserve
In 1992, Bob was selected to serve as the Winter Athlete Representative to the National Board of Directors for Disabled Sports USA. His leadership and dedication to the OSUSA Board has been ongoing and Bob served as President of the National Board of Directors from October 2005 until October 2017. He has remained active with the Board and recently lead the search committee for a new Executive Director.
As a member of the United States Disabled Ski Team from 1989-1993 he competed both nationally and internationally, served on the Athlete Advisory Committee of the United States Olympic Committee for the USOST from 1994 - 2004 and the Alpine Competition Committee from 2000- 2004. Bob was selected as the USOC Athlete liaison for the 1998 Paralympic Games in Nagano, Japan, was an Olympic Torch Bearer for the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympic Games Torch Relay. Currently, he serves as the Chairperson of the USOC Multi -Sport Council and is a key leader in the Paralympic Movement and served on the search committee for the new CEO of the USOC.
Bob has also served as a Board Member for Adaptive Adventures an OSUSA Chapter, the Colorado Ski and Snowboard Museum and the One Revolution Foundation. He was inducted into the National Disabled Snow Sports Hall of Fame in 2009 for his work to advance the Paralympic Movement and opportunities for individuals with disabilities to participate in sports. Bob was the recipient of the Disabled Sports USA, Dr. Bob Harney National Leadership Award in 2016.
