Bekah Henderson of Topeka, Kansas, was introduced to Special Olympics 19 years ago and has competed in a variety of sports, including athletics, basketball, cheerleading, powerlifting and snowshoeing. In the Special Olympics World Winter Games Turin 2025, she will represent Special Olympics USA in snowshoeing. Bekah has competed in three Special Olympics USA Games, participating in bowling, swimming and powerlifting. She has also competed in two Special Olympics North America Softball Championships. In 2009, she was named the Most Inspirational Athlete by Special Olympics Kansas. Three years later, she was recognized as one of the Big 12 Conference Special Olympics Athletes of the Year.
She is employed as a barista at Dialogue Coffee House, working alongside adults with disabilities. For nearly 20 years, she has dreamed of competing in a Special Olympics World Games. Now, that dream becomes a reality.