Today, April 1st, 2022, Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-02) spoke on the floor of the House of Representatives to recognize Davenport’s Kevin McKee.
Thank you, Mdm. Speaker, I rise today to honor the accomplishment of an incredible athlete from Iowa’s Second District.
Kevin McKee of Davenport recently finished competing in the Beijing 2022 Paralympics where he won a gold medal in sled hockey. Kevin has proudly represented the United States for over a decade, winning gold medals in the last three winter Paralympics.
Kevin has always had a passion for sports, playing tennis in high school and wheelchair basketball in college. However, Kevin soon realized his passion for sled hockey when he started playing with the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago sled hockey club team in 2000.
Beginning in 1960, the Paralympic Games are held every four years and feature a wide range of athletes with different physical abilities, including impaired muscle power, impaired passive range of movement, limb deficiency, leg length difference, hypertonia, ataxia, athetosis, vision impairment, and intellectual impairment. The Paralympics are held almost immediately following the respective Summer and Winter Olympic Games.
Paralympians like Kevin show all of us that with hard work, dedication, and drive to succeed, anything is possible.
Congratulations Kevin on an outstanding performance and I look forward to cheering you on in the future!
Thank you, Mdm. Speaker, I yield back my time.
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