Sadly, I am not able to take part in the fieldwork myself so much anymore, as both of my legs were amputated following an airplane crash twelve years ago.
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I'm officially disabled, but I'm truly enabled because of my lack of limbs. My unique challenges have opened up unique opportunities to reach so many in need.
I damaged my hamstring at the London Olympics and had to stop training for five months. At times, I thought my career was over.
I was a judo athlete, while taking modeling as my side job, before I eventually quit my professional sports career over a knee injury.
I retired because I had a knee injury, my cartilage was wearing out, it was painful and I couldn't put in the four hours of practice each day that I needed to.
I am doing better now though one of my legs is shorter than the other due to the operations.
Some people make a career out of doing one thing, but I wanted to diversify my body of work.
Towards the end of 2003 it was hard to get through training - and the darkest point was when a doctor told me there was a possibility I could end up in a wheelchair.
I'm still finding my legs, performance-wise, being up there by myself. I think I have a bit of proving myself ahead of me.
I almost had to have my leg amputated because of an infection.
After 13 years of hard landings in gymnastics, one ski run had delivered the biggest injury of my career.
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