Episode 40 - Interview with Olympian Shannon Dunn Downing

Shannon Dunn-Downing is a wife, Moms in Prayer mom and
snowboarding Olympian.  Shannon sees a great commonality in
the disciple involved in athletic greatness and spiritual
maturity.  In today’s episode, Shannon sits down with Lee to
talk about her Olympic journey and the even greater mission of
being a mother. 


About our Guest:


Shannon Dunn-Downing is a wife, praying mom and snowboarding
Olympian. At the Winter X-Games competition, she won the women's
halfpipe, making her a two-time X-Games Gold medalist in both in
1997 and 2001. Using a board she designed, Shannon also went to
the 1998 Winter Games in Nagano bringing home a bronze medal in
the halfpipe competition to become the first American woman to
earn an Olympic medal in the sport. Today Shannon is married to
fellow snowboarder Dave Downing. They have two sons, Logan age 15
and Dillon age 13. When not focused on being a full-time mother,
Shannon enjoys surfing during the summer months at their home in
Encinitas, California. She has been a Moms in Prayer group member
for 9 years.


 


You can watch Shannon’s Moms in Prayer testimony on the Moms in
Prayer YouTube channel at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOg9qQLtDm8


Moms in Prayer International- www.MomsInPrayer.org