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Marie Moentmann (1900–1974) was a 15-year-old girl who lost her hands and full use of both arms in a factory accident in 1915 in St. Louis, Missouri. Marie Moentmann, recuperating in a hospital, December 1915. She became a center of public attention in what the St. Louis Post-Dispatch called an "extraordinary case." Charity events were held ...
Character Movie(s) Type Cause Aron Ralston: 127 Hours: Right below-elbow Self-amputation (knife) Homer Parrish The Best Years of Our Lives: Bilateral below-elbow
In 2023, she became the first female armless archer to win a medal at the Para World Championships, Olympics.com reported. She was also a gold medalist in at the Asian Para Games in 2023.
Four years later, the two had a beautiful baby girl together through a surrogate. Chapman hates her disability, but it doesn't hinder her ability to be a wife, a mom, and an incredible sexy human ...
Eve the world's leading paraplegic field events athlete in action at Stoke Mandeville – the shot, the javelin, the discus. Two golds and a bronze at the home of para sport. The medal presentation at the Stoke Mandeville international para games in 1972. Eve Rimmer was the first woman selected to represent New Zealand at the Paralympics. [2]
Purdy was born in Las Vegas in 1979. When she was 19 years old, she contracted Neisseria meningitidis, a form of bacterial meningitis. [1] The disease affected Purdy's circulatory system when the infection led to septic shock; [2] both of her legs had to be amputated below the knee, she lost both kidneys along with hearing in her left ear, [3] and her spleen had to be removed. [1]
Anne Leak, an Armless Wonder using a pair of scissors with her feet. An armless wonder was a person without arms who was exhibited, usually at a circus sideshow.Typically (but not exclusively) a woman, she would perform various tricks using her feet and toes, such as smoking a cigarette or writing.
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