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St. John had her right leg amputated below the knee when she was 5 years old. Despite these challenges, she went on to excel as an athlete, a scholar, a mother and a businesswoman. She is the first African-American to win medals in Winter Paralympic competition as a ski racer, and the first African-American to medal in any paralympic event. [1] St.
Tracy Ashton is an American film and television actress. She earned a degree from Southern Illinois University in dance prior to becoming an amputee due to cancer. A comic performer, she is best known for playing disabled characters, including a recurring role as the one-legged Didi in the television series My Name Is Earl.
She was born with a medical condition that resulted in the amputation of both of her legs beneath the knee. She is the first amputee to compete against nondisabled athletes in National Collegiate Athletic Association events, and competed in the Paralympic Games in 1996 in Atlanta. In 1999, she began modeling, and, in 2002, she began an acting ...
Kentucky woman opens up about surviving sepsis after a kidney stone infection, forcing doctors to amputate her legs. ... Her arms will have to be amputated, too. “It’s one of the worst-case ...
A woman's leg had to be amputated in a Thai airport after it was trapped by a movable walkway Thursday, officials said. The 57-year-old Thai passenger was due to board a morning flight from ...
Tsymbaliuk says she was one of the first Ukrainian military amputees following the full-scale Russian invasion in 2022. Almost three years on, nearly 370,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been wounded ...
Amy Palmiero-Winters (born August 18, 1972) is a below-knee amputee, long-distance runner, and triathlete. She holds eleven world records in various events. In 2010, she was awarded the James E. Sullivan Award as the top amateur athlete in the United States and the ESPN ESPY Award as the top female athlete with a disability in the world.
She was rushed to the hospital [6] with serious leg and pelvic injuries and lost her leg after doctors amputated it to save her life. [ 15 ] She was offered compensation of ₹ 25,000 (US$290) by the Indian Sports Ministry.