Competitors join international line-up at Canadian adaptive sports competition
JOINT BASE LANGLEY EUSTIS, Va. – April 26, 2024 – Fifty-six competitors will represent the Department of Defense on Team U.S. at the Invictus Games Vancouver Whistler 2025 from Feb. 8-16. The Invictus Games Vancouver Whistler 2025 is the seventh edition of the international sporting event for wounded, injured and sick servicemen and women.
The 2025 event will also be the first Invictus Games to incorporate winter sports, along with the core adaptive sports competition. Team U.S. will join 500 participants from up to 25 countries competing in Alpine skiing and snowboarding, Biathlon, Indoor Rowing, Nordic Skiing, Sitting Volleyball, Skeleton, Swimming, Wheelchair Basketball, Wheelchair Curling, and Wheelchair Rugby.
The following competitors will participate as part of Team U.S. in the Invictus Games Vancouver Whistler 2025:
- DC3 Jose Acostamejia, U.S. Navy
- CPT Luis Avila, U.S. Army
- SSG Abel Baez, U.S. Army
- Retired MSgt Blanca Baquero-Cruz, U.S. Air Force
- Sgt Lydia Bearinger, U.S. Marine Corps
- Retired CPT Steven Bortle, U.S. Army
- Retired Cpl Christopher Bryde, U.S. Marine Corps
- Lt Col Amy Campbell, U.S. Air Force
- Retired SPC Steve Carmen, U.S. Special Operations Command
- Retired ABH2 Luis Cervantes, U.S. Navy
- SSG Colton Chabot, U.S. Special Operations Command
- LT Justin Chase, U.S. Coast Guard
- Maj Ashley Christman, U.S. Marine Corps
- Retired CPL Patrick Dayton, U.S. Army
- Retired SrA Moses Debraska, U.S. Air Force
- Retired SSgt Robert Dominguez Jr., U.S. Marine Corps
- Retired SPC Bryce Ewing, U.S. Army
- HMCM Steven Flemming, U.S. Navy
- Retired SSgt Adam Foutz, U.S. Special Operations Command
- Retired LS2 Merry Garza, U.S. Navy
- Retired SFC Lucio Gaytan, U.S. Special Operations Command
- Retired SMSgt Jonathan Geren, U.S. Air Force
- Lt Col Michael Gielbeda, U.S. Air Force
- Retired YN2 Aaron Gomez, U.S. Coast Guard
- Retired Cpl Gabariel Graves-Wake, U.S. Marine Corps
- MSG Michael Haley, U.S. Army
- YN1 Angela Harris, U.S. Coast Guard
- HM3 Kaitlin Harris, U.S. Navy
- MGySgt Michael Harrold, U.S. Marine Corps
- SSgt Harry Harth IV, U.S. Marine Corps
- SGT Bianca Hayden, U.S. Army
- Retired MGySgt Carnell Martin, U.S. Marine Corps
- Retired CPT Joshua Martin, U.S. Special Operations Command
- Retired Col Jacquelyn Marty, U.S. Air Force
- Retired CW5 Richard McCormick, U.S. Army
- Retired Col Sean McNamara, U.S. Air Force
- PO2 Harley Meagley, U.S. Special Operations Command
- MSG Jerry Millan, U.S. Special Operations Command
- SSG Leandra Moehring, U.S. Army
- MSG Ivan Morera, U. S. Special Operations Command
- Retired SSG Michael Murphy, U.S. Army
- Retired LT(jg) Jarek Neczypor, U.S. Navy
- Retired TSgt James Phelps, U.S. Air Force
- Retired MAJ Mary Porter, U.S. Army
- Retired CTT1 Jiesyl Rama, U.S. Navy
- SCPO Terry Scaife, U.S. Special Operations Command
- Retired Col Brett Seiling, U.S. Air Force
- MSgt Joshua Shannon, U.S. Marine Corps
- CWTCS Mitchell Sheppard, U.S. Navy
- Maj Kimyen Soto, U.S. Marine Corps
- Retired Cpl Wade Spann, U.S. Marine Corps
- TSgt Nicole Stickel, U.S. Air Force
- Retired SFC William Tanton, U.S. Special Operations Command
- Retired SPC Michael Villagran, U.S. Army
- Retired SSG Jackson Williams, U.S. Special Operations Command
- Retired TSgt Justin Wolfe, U.S. Air Force
The Invictus Games were inspired by the United States’ Department of Defense Warrior Games and are designed to use the power of sport to inspire recovery, support rehabilitation and generate a wider understanding of, and respect for, those who serve their country and their loved ones. The Games were founded in 2014 by Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex, a former captain in the British Army. The Invictus Games Foundation, of which The Duke is Patron, celebrates its 10th anniversary this year.
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