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| Vitalis Lanshima |
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 During the Paralympic Challenge 2006 in Duderstadt,
Germany, Nigerian Paralympic athlete Vitalis
Lanshima run the men's 100 m class T 46 in
a time of 11,17 seconds and set a new World
Record. On July 1, he broke his own World
Record, raising the bar to 11:05 seconds.
Find out more about Vitalis Lanshima, who
lost both arms in an accident when he was
12 and became the first Paralympic athlete
to be recruited by a NCAA college from a foreign
country to compete in the United States when
he joined Bellarmine College.
 VITALIS
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| Ernst van Dyk |
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 Ernst
van Dyk, an amputee athlete who lives in South
Africa and is one of the world's best known
wheelchair racers, won the 2006 Laureus World
Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability
Award. Visit his website and find out more
about his career.
ERNST
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| Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah |
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 Emmanuel
Ofosu Yeboah is a young Ghanaian man, born
with a deformed right leg, who set out on
a 600 kilometers bike ride across Ghana aiming
to change stereotypes about persons with disabilities
in his country. Lisa Lax and Nancy Stern documented
Emmanuel's journey for over a year and created
the film "Emmanuel's Gift", narrated
by well known US TV host Oprah Winfrey. Learn
more about Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah by visiting
the film maker's web site, where you also
find the film's trailer, a photo gallery and
plenty of additional information.
EMMANUEL'S
GIFT WEB SITE |
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| Garry Moore |
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 Garry
Moore is a trans-tibial amputee, who is establishing
an organization for amputees and people with
related disabilities that will encourage them
to be more active in aggressive sports such
as skateboarding, surfing and snow boarding.
AMPED
RIDERS WEB SITE
AMPED
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| Alison Lapper |
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 Alison
Lapper, an artist who was born without arms
and shortened legs, uses photography, digital
imaging, installation and painting to explore
herself and the way she is perceived by others.
As part of the Fourth Plinth Project, "Alison
Lapper Pregnant" - a white marble sculpture
by Marc Quinn, depicting her naked and 8 1⁄2
months pregnant, was set up in London's Trafalgar
Square. Find out more about Alison Lapper
and check out her new book "My Life in
My Hands".
MY
LIFE IN MY HANDS (AMAZON.CO.UK)
FOURTH
PLINTH PROJECT
ALISON
LAPPER WEBSITE |
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| Fabrizio Macchi |
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34 year old Italian Paralympic
athlete Fabrizio Macchi, who lost his left
leg due to cancer in 1994, is known as one
of the world's best amputee cyclists. He has
recently updated his homepage. Take a look!
FABRIZIO
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| Tyler Walker |
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Amputee athletes and
athletes with other disabilities were recently
participating in the U.S. Disabled Alpine
Nationals in Vail, Colorado, a competition
vital for finding the future stars of the
disabled skiing. Find out more about one of
the Nationals' participants, a two-year veteran
of the U.S. Disabled Team, who lost his legs
at the age of 4 and skis in a mono-ski.
TYLER
WALKER'S WEBSITE |
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| Janek Mela |
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At the end of 2004, Janek
Mela, a 16-year-old amputee from Poland, who
has lost his right arm and left leg in an
electrical accident two years ago and already
took part in a North Pole exposition, reached
the South Pole. To find out more about Janek
Mela's achievements and to view some images
of him preparing for the expeditions - visit
the websites of the experienced Polish explorer
Marek Kaminski, who is the expedition's leader.
MAREK
KAMINSKI'S WEBSITE
PHOTO
GALLERY (IN POLISH)
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| Kyle Maynard |
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18 year old amputee wrestler
Kyle Maynard has always liked combat sports
and has always competed against able-bodied
athletes. Visit his interesting homepage for
news, photographs and videos.
KYLE
MAYNARD'S WEBSITE |
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| Sarah Reinertsen |
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Sarah Reinertsen, who
works for a non-profit charity called the
"Challenged Athletes Foundation",
which helps fund and provide opportunities
to athletes with disabilities, was the
first woman with a prosthetic leg to compete
in the Ironman World Championships in Kona
Hawaii. View some training pictures by Tim
Tadder of Corbis and read her Ossur athlete's
profile.
CORBIS
PHOTO SET
OSSUR
ATHLETE'S PROFILE |
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| Jamie Andrew |
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Two and a half years
after he lost both hands and feet in a climbing
accident, mountaineer Jamie Andrew started
to work on a book, telling the full tale of
his survival and rehabilitation for the first
time. Visit Jamie Andrew's website where you
have a chance to read the book's prologue
and get your signed copy of "LIFE AND
LIMB" directly from the author.
WEBSITE
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| Paul Martin |
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USA amputee athlete Paul
Martin returned home from the Paralympics
with a Silver and a Bronze medal and recently
took part in the San Diego Triathlon Challenge
and the Silver Strand Half Marathon. Visit
his newly designed website and check out his
book ONE MAN'S LEG.
WEBSITE
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| Tim Baggaley |
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"I'm
a London-based, Equity Card carrying actor,
and I'm missing a part. Have you got one that
would suit me?" Tim Baggaley, left arm
amputee actor and model.
WEBSITE
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| Marlon Shirley |
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BORN: TAMPA, APRIL 21, 1978 +++ HEIGHT:
6-FEET-1 +++ WEIGHT: 175 POUNDS +++ WORLD
RECORDS: 100 METERS, LONG JUMP +++ GOLD MEDAL,
100 METERS, SILVER MEDAL HIGH JUMP (2000 SYDNEY
PARALYMPIC GAMES) +++
WEBSITE
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| Casey Pieretty |
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You have never seen an amputee acting in
a tv commercial? Check out pieretti.com, home
of the Team Definite Impact motivational inline
skate show. The founder Casey Pieretti is
an actor and stuntman.
WEBSITE
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Matt Sesow
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Matt is a self-taught painter who, despite
having his work extensively shown and written
about, has little interest in becoming part
of the art network. He was hit by a landing
airplane at the age of 8, which caused his
left hand to be amputated and many of his
works also deal with amputation and trauma.
Check out his homepage, which includes a big
collection of his paintings and has some experimental
short films on it. Watch the video clip "A
Short by Matt Sesow", a self portrait
of the artist, in which Sesow - as the description
says - permits "shameless voyeurism".
He allows the audience to 'take a good look'.
WEBSITE
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| C-Leg® |
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Since their introduction of the C-Leg®
microprocessor- controlled knee-shin system
by Otto Bock Health Care, many amputees have
benefited from this quantum leap in prosthetics.
Find out more about this prosthesis and see
videos of the C-Leg®
in use.
WEBSITE
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| Martin Deschamps |
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Speak any French? - Check out the web site
of the Canadian singer Martin Deschamps, listen
to his music, watch him on stage and see his
videos.
WEBSITE
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| Matt Glowacki |
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Born without legs, Motivational Speaker
Matt Glowacki has been asked a wide range
of questions. From “Can you dance?”
to “How do you go to the bathroom?”
he has heard them all and isn't afraid to
answer any of them. Visit his web site and
keep asking.
HOMEPAGE
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| Melvin Henderson |
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An amputee bodybuilder from California,
rejects the idea of hiding or minimizing the
fact that he is an amputee. "I want people
to see me the way I am, to see the way I live."
Read his story and see some great posing pictures.
HOMEPAGE
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| Shelby Robin |
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"You can't amputate a spirit!"
Shelby Robin was diagnosed with bone cancer
in 2000. She underwent chemotherapy and had
her left leg amputated below the knee. Today
she is involved in lots of activities. See
her acting in "FOUR FEET"
WEBSITE
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| TAS Foundation |
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This is a non-profit organization founded
by the Norwegian amputee Tor-André
Skogland to help cancer patients and amputees
to gain a better life. On his web site he
presents information and pictures of amputees
living with a handicap.
WEBSITE
OF TOR-ANDRE SKOGLAND |
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| Tony Christiansen |
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An accident left Tony Christiansen without
legs at the age of nine. Since then he has
faced life head on, creating challenges and
success as a husband and father, businessman,
black belt Tae Kwon Do, New zealand's first
pilot to learn and fly solo
HOMEPAGE
OF TONY CHRISTIANSEN |
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| Warren Macdonald |
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"Nothing is impossible, if we dare
to face our fears and believe in ourselves."
Warren Macdonald, a double above knee amputee, who's legs were amputated in
1997 after a climbing accident and who - just ten months later - went up Tasmania’s
Cradle Mountain using a modified wheelchair
and the seat of his pants.
WEBSITE
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