DAPHNE, Ala. — World-renowned sculptor Gib Singleton has donated his bronze sculpture, titled “Olympian-Stride for Perfection,” to the American Sport Art Museum and Archives (ASAMA) on the United States Sports Academy’s Daphne campus.

As a widely recognized piece, Singleton’s “Olympian” was selected to be displayed in Beijing, China during the 2008 Summer Olympic Games. Singleton himself was chosen as an official artist for the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team.

Pieces from this edition are also on display at the International Olympic Committee Museum in Lusanne, Switzerland and at the United States Olympic Committee Museum in Colorado Springs, Colo.

A master of modern sculpting, Singleton is one of the few artists represented in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Cowboy Hall of Fame in Oklahoma, the Vatican Museum in Rome and in the collection of the State of Israel.

Pope Benedict XVI currently carries a crosier displaying a Singleton sterling silver cross at the top, while another of the sculptor’s crosses rests next to the Shroud of Turin in Italy.

Born in Kennett, Mo., Singleton attended college at Southern Illinois University and pursued his talent for the arts at the Art Institute of Chicago. There he was awarded an opportunity with the Fulbright Fellowship Program, which enabled him to continue his studies in Italy.

At the request of former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Singleton also assisted with the restoration of centuries-old, flood damaged art in Florence, Italy.

ASAMA, one of the world’s largest collection of sport art, contains works from world-famous artists through an assortment of media, and is dedicated to the preservation of sports history, art and literature.

The United States Sports Academy is pleased to showcase Singleton’s celebrated sculpture and extends an invitation to the academy’s campus to view his piece, along with the rest of the ASAMA collection.

The museum is open free to the public weekdays, from 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

For more information, visit www.asama.org.