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Pages in category "Quadruple amputees" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Lisa Bufano; C.
As a quadruple amputee, she won a bronze medal in alpine downhill para-skiing at the Ontario Parasport Games and was inducted into the Canadian Disability Hall of Fame. Early life and education [ edit ]
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Mullins' prosthetic leg shown at CCCB exhibit in Barcelona, October 2015 Mullins watches fellow bilateral amputee Hugh Herr climb the wall at MIT Media Lab's h2.0 symposium, May 9, 2007. Mullins was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania , US to an Irish father Bernard Mullins from Crusheen , County Clare , Ireland and mother Bernadette Mullins.
I moved on, and then when I turned to Grade 8, I decided to accept myself."She now participates professionally in half Ironman raceswhich consist of a 1.2-mile swim, a 56-mile cycle, and a 13.1 ...
Sandra "Sandy" Dukat (born May 3, 1972) is an American Paralympic athlete. [1] [2] Born with proximal femoral focal deficiency, she had her right leg amputated above the knee at the age of four. [3]
Her experience inspired her parents to found the non-profit organization Art4sport Onlus, which promotes sport for amputee young people. The 2012 Summer Paralympics were too early in her career for her to take part, but she was chosen as a torchbearer for the opening ceremony after an online campaign where more than 1,000 people emailed the ...
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