Carter Simpson is bringing home some well-earned bling from the 2025 Special Olympics World Winter Games in Italy, winning two bronze medals in two alpine skiing events on Thursday and Saturday.
The Niagara-on-the-Lake athlete scored his second bronze medal on Saturday, March 15 in the Intermediate Slalom, with a third-place time of 37.92 seconds, coming ahead of fourth-place competitor Ron Greenhorn by 0.72 seconds, but 3.12 seconds short of second-place skier Ekk Logren.
Simpson scored his first bronze medal in the Super G for alpine skiing on Thursday, March 13 after his fourth-place finish in the Intermediate Giant Slalom the day before.
With a third-place time of 48.26 seconds, Simpson was just 0.17 seconds shy of surpassing Laurin Schedereit, 30, for second.
Taking gold was the United States’ Jesse Rohrer, 35, who finished with a time of 47.77 seconds.
The competitions took place at Sestriere, Alpette with athletes from across the globe.
To check his results, you can visit results.specialolympics.org/world-games-turin-2025/competition-schedule/alpine-skiing.
