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  • Adam Bleakney: Legacy Builder

    Mar 18, 2025 10:45 am by Ryan RossExcellence
    Coach, researcher and alumnus Adam Bleakney. Photo by Fred Zwicky

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    • Coach, researcher and alumnus Adam Bleakney. Photo by Fred Zwicky

    Adam Bleakney is becoming an Illini legend. He has coached the world’s most successful wheelchair racing team, advocated for disability rights and developed new assistive technologies that could change what it means to be in a wheelchair.