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2 de sept. de 2024 · Ellie Challis, the quadruple amputee with no hands or feet who was inspired to swim by a dolphin with a prosthetic tail, raced to her first Paralympic gold medal last night in the women’s S3...
2 de sept. de 2024 · Alongside her personal ambitions in the pool, visibility of quadruple amputees became important to the Essex-born athlete, who first came across a swimmer with the same impairments at a charity event.
Hace 3 días · Sarah de Lagarde became the first female double prosthetic-wearing amputee to climb Africa’s highest mountain. A month after she first climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in 2022, Sarah was struck by two ...
Hace 3 días · Eight amputees who were competing in their first Paralympics won medals for Team USA. That’s double the number who scored medals in Tokyo. Even more impressive, half of the 16 amputee first-timers on the 2024 US Paralympic roster medaled in their first appearance on the globe’s biggest stage. US rookie stars included Noelle Malkamaki, who ...
Hace 6 días · Hunter Woodhall, the double amputee sprinter who is one half of a Paralympic-Olympic power couple, produced an inspired run to win gold in the T62 400 metres at the Paris Games on Friday.
4 de sept. de 2024 · The first Women’s Amputee World Cup will be an exciting milestone for the sport and the global amputee football family, taking place from 4-10 November 2024 in Barranquilla, Colombia. In addition to the host country, 11 other teams are preparing to take part, representing nations from Africa, the Americas and Europe.
Hace 6 días · PARIS (AP) — One month after Tara Davis-Woodhall's Olympic title in the long jump, her husband Hunter Woodhall, a double amputee, won his own Paralympic gold medal Friday at the
