warfare. He eventually became a pioneer in teaching adaptive skiing, beginning with two friends who became amputees in the war; he taught them to ski on one leg using techniques he was in Europe. Jim Winthers, with the support of other veterans, founded Disabled Sports USA in 1967.

The Dr. Robert Harney Leadership Award
The Dr. Robert Harney Leadership Award is an annual award to honor a company, organization or an individual that has demonstrated and provided extraordinary leadership in the Disabled Sports/Adaptive Sports Movement. “Dr. Bob” was an adaptive sports pioneer and tireless leader in Paralympic sports at the local, national and international levels. He was an innovator in the national and international medial classification of athletes with disabilities. As a volunteer, Harney was on the International Paralympic Medicaland two-time U.S. Senate candidate reportedly assaulted a 54-year-old Florida woman.

This allegation was first raised (and reinforced) by Florida-based model Ashley Perkins – the daughter of the alleged victim. Perkins launched an aggressive social media crusade aimed at exposing the 56-year-old playboy. According to her, she was present for a mediation hearing at the Belmond Charleston Place Hotel in June of 2016 in which Ravenel settled a sexual assault allegation with her mother for $200,000.

Ravenel flatly denied the allegation. In fact, he issued a blanket denial of any allegation of sexual assault.

“I’ve never assaulted a woman in my life,” he told us at the time.

Ravenel and his attorney also threatened to sue our news outlet if we published a report based on these allegations.

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