Good Sportsmanship Patch — Medal

Description

2″ iron-on embroidered patch.

Olympic Connection: 

Girl Scouts in the Olympics:
Olympic athletes need to demonstrate Good Sportsmanship.
Suggested Activity: We haven’t found any 2024 athletes who were also Girl Scouts but there are a number of former Olympic Athletes who were also Girl Scouts. Your girls may recognize some of the names on the following lists. Do your girls think these women learned about Good Sportsmanship as Girl Scouts?

Olympic Athletes Who Were Also Girl Scouts:

•  Adeline Gray: Wrestling 2016, 2020 (Silver).
  • Adeline remembers selling cookies but it was the work that went into earning badges that helped work towards her ambitions. Her troop had women in different fields visit to help them earn badges. This helped her realize what women could achieve.
• Lynn Colella: Swimming 1972 (Silver 200-meter butterfly).
  • Lynn loved being a Girl Scout. She especially loved camping and doing community service. Lynn earned her First Class pin, which is the what the Gold Award was called while she was a Girl Scout. Her mother was her leader and she became a leader for her daughters as well.
• Florence Griffith Joyner: Athletics 1980 (US Boycott), 1984 (Silver 200 m), 1988 (3 Gold: 200meter, 100meter, 4 x 100meter relay, Silver 4 x 400meter relay)
• Jackie Joyner-Kersee: Athletics 1984 (Silver heptathlon), 1988 (2 Gold: heptathlon, long jump), 1992 (Gold heptathlon, Bronze long jump), 1996 (Bronze long jump)
• Lisa Leslie: Basketball 1996 (Gold), 2000 (Gold), 2004 (Gold), 2008 (Gold).
  • Girl Scouts was clearly important to Lisa Leslie. She designed a limited edition 10oth anniversary Girl Scout patch that was auctioned with proceeds benefiting the Girl Scouts.
• Alysia Montaño: Athletics 2012 (Bronze 800 meter)
• Venus Williams: Tennis 2000 (2 Gold singles, doubles), 2004, 2008 (Gold doubles), 2012 (Gold doubles), 2016 (Silver mixed doubles)
• Serena Williams: Tennis 2000 (Gold doubles), (withdrew before 2004 due to injury), 2008 (Gold doubles), 2012 (2 Gold singles, doubles), 2016

Paralympic Athlete Who Was Also A Girl Scout: 

Tatyana McFadden: Wheelchair Racing

• 2004 (Silver 100 meter, Bronze 200 meter)
• 2008 (3 Silver 200 meter, 400 meter, 800 meter and 1 Bronze 4 x 100 meter relay)
• 2012 (3 Gold 400 meter, 800 meter, 1500 meter, Bronze 100 meter)
• 2016 (4 Gold 400 meter, 800 meter, 1500 meter, 5000 meter, 2 Silver 100 meter, marathon)
• 2020 (Gold mixed 4 x 100 meter relay, Silver 800 meter, Bronze 5000 meter)

Tatyana started Girl Scout camp when she was 10 years old. Although she was the only girl with a disability at the camp, it was fully accessible so she joined her fellow scouts hiking, swimming and participating in all of the activities at the camp. She continued as a Girl Scout until 8th grade when she qualified for the 2004 Paralympics team. Tatyana is a lifetime Girl Scout member.

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