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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 ...
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.
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 ...
Sexy Amputee Veterans Bare All in New Art Book. A new book shines a light on the effects of war in a body-positive way. Photographer Michael Stokes is raising money for a new coffee table book ...
First Female Amputee Runs 140 Miles in Grueling Desert Race. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For ...
The post Her baby girl’s deformed limbs inspired her to provide free prosthetics to child amputees appeared first on TheGrio. The IREDE Foundation has provided more than 500 artificial limbs at ...
Inspired by amputee marathon runner Paddy Rossbach, [2] Reinertsen began to run at age 11. At her first international track meet, when she was 13, she broke the 100 m world record for female above-knee amputees. [2] Her T42 400 m world record time, set in 1999, still stands today. [3] Reinertsen was a member of the US Disabled Track Team for 7 ...
She was paced by training partner and below-knee amputee world record holder Amy Palmiero-Winters. [4] With a time of 4:40:46, she was the first female above-knee amputee to finish a marathon in less than 5 hours.