Olympic Glory with Hollis Conway: The First Interview in a Four-Part Series

Please join us from 2:00–3:00 p.m. at the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame & Northwest Louisiana History Museum as we bring four world-class Olympic athletes to the museum for a month-long lecture series in May 2021. This series explores the role of sports in American culture and consider how the values of discipline, determination, sportsmanship, teamwork, respect, perseverance, and doing your personal best, exemplified by the Olympians, mirror the values necessary to achieve success in everyday life.  

Two-time Olympian Hollis Conway took home the silver medal in the men’s high jump at the 1988 Games in Seoul and the bronze medal in the men’s high jump at the 1992 Barcelona Games. Conway won ten USA championship titles (five outdoor, five indoor) and was ranked No. 1 in the world in 1990 and 1991. In 2004, this Shreveport, LA, native was inducted into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame. Please join us for a lively conversation between Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Chairman Doug Ireland and Hollis Conway as they discuss what it means to be an Olympic athlete.

State regulations regarding masks and physical distancing will be followed. For a complete schedule of interviews, please visit www.LouisianaStateMuseum.org/events/ or call (318) 357-2492 for more information. This event is free and open to the public.

Image courtesy of www.lasportshall.com

This program is funded under a grant from the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.