Prosthetic Leg No Barrier As Aussie Amputee Climbs To Extraordinary Heights
She had her right leg amputated when she was a baby. Now her life has completely changed due to a sport she was terrified to try. Australia’s most decorated sports …
Amputee Athletes
Amputation of an arm or leg does not interfere with sports. Athletes amputee do not contradict each other.
This Marine went from a leg amputation to modeling and elite sports
At a 2021 competition for athletes with physical disabilities, Marine Corps veteran Annika Hutsler met a 10-year-old girl who, like her, had a leg amputation below the knee. The girl’s …
Champion amputee athlete finding success in new sport
Sixteen-year-old amputee and cancer survivor Skylar Scarnecchia has never let her disability slow her down. She plays basketball for Champion High School, golfs and previously ran track. Recently, Scarnecchia fell …
Black Athlete, Mom of 2, Whose Leg Was Amputated After a Cancer Diagnosis is Now Empowering People With Disabilities
After losing her mother and her closest cousin to cancer, then being told she too had cancer and would need her leg amputated, Erin Brown went from worrier to warrior. …
Alice Tai: ‘I’m proud to have had my leg amputated’
Having had her right leg amputated, seven-time world champion swimmer is eager to make a comeback at this summer’s Commonwealth Games In the days leading up to her hospital appointment …
Jacky Hunt-Broersma is looking to add another record to her name
The multiple-time ultramarathon finisher and world record-holder has committed to running 100 marathons in 100 days, to break the Guinness World Record for most consecutive marathons. Broersma got the idea …
Jamie Blaneck is snowboarding again
Former beauty queen Waco set her sights on the Paralympic Games. Jamie Blanek, 32, of Waco, is living in Utah after being selected for a scholarship from the National Ability …
British Paralympic swimming champion Alice Tai had her right leg amputated
Britain’s Paralympic and world gold medallist Alice Tai has revealed she has had her right leg amputated from below the knee. The 22-year-old was born with club feet and had …
Brenna Huckaby slams the Paralympic Committee
After her disability class was cut, a Paralympic snowboarder who won gold in the 2018 Winter Paralympics is fighting for a spot in Beijing this year. Brenna Huckaby, 25, won …
Stef Reid will take to the rink
Dancing On Ice kicks off tonight. One person who is hoping to impress is sporting star Stef, who is already one of the favourites to make it all the way …
