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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.
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.
Sarah Doherty (December 21, 1959 – January 5, 2023) was an amputee mountaineer, ski racer, motivational speaker, and entrepreneur who lost her right leg to a drunk driver at age 13. She was a member of the inaugural U.S. National Disabled Ski Team [ 1 ] and was the first amputee to reach the summit of Denali .
The video of her amputation went viral and caught the attention of the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund (PCRF), a US organization that provides free health care to thousands of injured and ill ...
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Mandy Horvath (born June 10,1993) is a Colorado based American bi-lateral above knee amputee, creative writer, public speaker, actress and mountaineer. She is notable as the first female bi-lateral amputee to summit the Manitou Incline, Pikes Peak (twice), the Statue of Liberty stairwell to the crown, and Tanzania's Mount Kilimanjaro, without the use of prosthetic equipment- using her arms and ...
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 ...
Reinertsen was the first female leg amputee to complete the Ironman World Championship in Kona, Hawaii. [8] She first attempted the race in 2004, but was disqualified when she reached the end of the bike course 15 minutes after cut-off time.