Her life is recounted in Walt Disney Productions The Loretta Claiborne Story (originally broadcast on ABC-TV and now on DVD) and in the biography In Her Stride published by WorldScapes. Today, Claiborne is a celebrated athlete who was honored in 1996 with ESPN’s ESPY Arthur Ashe Award for Courage. She introduced President Bill Clinton at the 1995 Special Olympics World Summer Games, has won medals in dozens of its events, and also holds the current women’s record in her age group for the 5000 meters at 17 minutes. And before she knew it, she had crossed the finish line of 26 marathons, twice placing among the top 100 women in the Boston Marathon. Born partially blind and intellectually challenged, she was unable to walk or talk until age 4. Loretta Claiborne was the middle of seven children in a poor, single-parent family. Loretta will be our Fierce Talks speaker on Wednesday, July 8th at Women’s Wednesdays at The Treasury on the Plaza in Saint Augustine, Florida! Reserve your seat at this week’s Women’s Wednesday to hear Loretta speak!
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