22nd Annual National Veterans Wheelchair Games 

Celeveland, OH, 2002  

photo of wheelchair users at the National veterans Wheelchair Games

 Several HERL investigators, clinicians, and students traveled to Cleveland after the RESNA conference to attend the 2002 National Veterans Wheelchair Games. About 80 athletes participated in HERL research studies at the games. Dr. Cooper also competed and won four gold medals in the Masters’ divisions of the slalom event and the 100, 800, and 1500 meter track events. He also competed in the Handcycling event using an armcycle he built with HERL Technical Staff Bill Ammer, John Duncan, Emily Zipfel and Mark McCartney, and HERL students Beth Kaminski, Lam Mays, Jeremy Puhlman & Eliana Chaves.