Jonathan (PJ) Bolger is a Port Colborne native and was first introduced to the Special Olympics in 1990 at the age of 13 when he joined the swim team. He has continued to enjoy participating and competing in several S.O. sports.
Beginning in 1996, he has represented our region in swimming at 4 Provincial Spring Games and advanced to the National Summer Games 3 times. He has also competed at Provincial Games in basketball, bocce, and curling.
In 2013 golf was introduced as an official sport and at the Provincial Summer Games held that year in York, he won the gold medal in division one- thereafter proudly laying claim to be the inaugural top golfer in Ontario! He has since gone on to represent Ontario in Golf at National Summer Games in Vancouver and Antigonish.
Over the years he has been selected to be a member of Team Canada at the Special Olympics North American Golf Championships, held in Atlantic City, Hilton Head, Port St. Lucie, Seattle, and most recently Nashville. In 2016 he was thrilled to be selected as 1 of 3 Special Olympian Canadians to participate in the PGA Quicken Loans-Tiger Woods Foundation Pro-Am in Washington DC. In 2017 and 2018 PJ Also had the honour of being 1 of 2 Canadian athletes invited to compete in the Special Olympics Macau Golf Masters.
At the local level, PJ continues to enjoy training and competing in swimming, golf, 10 pin bowling, and bocce. He has attended athlete leadership workshops and looks forward to peer coaching and helping Port Colborne Special Olympics continue to thrive.
For 30 years he has proudly represented our city, province, and country.
