Skihawks Racing Team inspires and involves athletes with intellectual disabilities in the winter sports disciplines of alpine, nordic, snowboarding, and snowshoeing.
We have nearly 80 special athletes, as many volunteer coaches, a hard-working board of 20 plus members, organizations and companies around the Pacific Northwest as supporters, numerous support volunteers, and of course, hundreds of family members, community supporters and friends as part of the ever growing Skihawks family still passionately dedicated to inspiring and involving athletes with intellectual disabilities to train and compete in the excitement and joy of winter sports. We’re over 35 years young with so much more to do.
SKIHAWKS Racing Team has been around for 36 years and we’re still going strong!
Jennifer Lonn Heads to the World Winter Games
Turin 2025
Special Olympics Washington ran an article about Jennifer and her upcoming trip to the World Games!
Jennifer Lonn will be representing Special Olympics Washington in Cross-Country Skiing at the Special Olympics World Winter Games Turin 2025. From March 8–15, 2025, this monumental event will bring together over 1,500 athletes from 103 countries, showcasing the remarkable determination and resilience of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. It’s a powerful testament to how inclusion through sport can transform lives and inspire the world.
