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Silvia Scherrer enjoys roller skating on the grounds of her home, the Stiftung Bad Heustrich. |
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Just two years after picking up the sport, roller-skating dominated Silvia Scherrer's life. Her talent and hard work in practice paid off quickly, offering Scherrer her first airplane flight from Switzerland to the United States for the 1999 Special Olympics World Summer Games.
At home in Emdtal, a small town near Bern, Scherrer lives in the Stiftung Bad Heustrich, an institution for residents with mental retardation. There she took part in a training program to prepare her for a job as a kitchen aide.
The director of the institution, M. Eugen Walther, also is her skating coach. Together, they train once a week on the grounds of the facility.
Thanks to roller skating, she has found new friends in a local youth group and meets with them often to go skating together.
Scherrer also enjoys music and says her favorite singer is Celine Dion.
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