Paralympian and Speaker
Chris Waddell
The most decorated male monoskier in US Paralympic history, and the first nearly unassisted paraplegic to summit Kilimanjaro.
About
Chris Waddell is the most decorated male monoskier in Paralympic history, with thirteen medals across seven Paralympic Games in both winter and summer sport.
Paralyzed from the waist down in a skiing accident at twenty, he went on to race for Team USA and, in 2009, became the first nearly unassisted paraplegic to summit Mount Kilimanjaro — a climb captured in the documentary One Revolution.
He is the founder of the One Revolution Foundation, hosts the Chris Waddell Living It podcast, and works as a keynote speaker.
Career highlights
- 13 Paralympic medals across seven Games, winter and summer
- Most decorated male monoskier in US history
- Raced the 2002 Salt Lake Paralympics for Team USA
- First nearly unassisted paraplegic to summit Kilimanjaro, 19,340 ft, 2009
- Subject of the documentary One Revolution
- Paralympics host for NBC
At a glance
- Sport
- Monoski and track
- Based
- Park City, UT
- Foundation
- One Revolution
- Medals
- 13 Paralympic
Affiliation
Founder of the One Revolution Foundation, the nonprofit he established after summiting Kilimanjaro.
