WOHS graduate with autism wins gold at the 2023 Special Olympics Swimming Championships

Victor Wright swam in the meet hosted Saturday, Oct. 7, and Sunday, Oct. 8, in Vero Beach.

By Annabelle Sikes
| 9:00 a.m. October 11, 2023

West Orange Times & Observer
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A West Orange High School graduate with autism recently won a gold medal at the 2023 Special Olympics Swimming Championships.

Victor Wright swam in the meet hosted Saturday, Oct. 7, and Sunday, Oct. 8, in Vero Beach.

Wright beat out his other opponents by six seconds, according to his father Henry Wright.

Victor Wright was the first student coming from Special Olympics and being on the autism spectrum to make the swim team and letter in swimming.

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Annabelle Sikes

News Editor Annabelle Sikes was born in Boca Raton and moved to Orlando in 2018 to attend the University of Central Florida. She graduated from UCF in May 2021 with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and a minor in sociology. Her past journalism experiences include serving as a web producer at the Orlando Sentinel, a reporter at The Community Paper, managing editor for NSM Today, digital manager at Centric Magazine and as an intern for the Orlando Weekly.