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The Backstory:Dalton Herendeen was born with a blood clot in his left leg that quickly led to amputating his leg ...

The backstory:Katie was born without a fibula in her right leg, leading to amputation below the knee just before her ...

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  The Background:Desmond Jackson was born with a congenital birth defect that resulted in amputation at 9 months old. He was ...

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 The Backstory:Born without a fibula bone in her right leg, Beatriz Hatz became a below the knee amputee after leg ...

The Background:Blake Haxton knew rowing was the sport for him when he started competing in high school, and though his ...

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The backstory:Lacey lost her right leg at age 9 after she was diagnosed with a rare knee tumor. She was ...

The Backstory:David Gelfand was born without a knee in his left leg, no hip socket, smaller femur making his left ...

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The Background:In 2011, Sam Grewe was diagnosed with osteosarcoma that resulted in the amputation the his right leg above-the-knee in 2012. He ...

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 The backstory:Allan joined the U.S. Army in 2003 and lost his leg in a motorcycle accident in 2013 at age ...

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 The backstory:Julia spent early childhood in a Russian orphanage, where she had both legs amputated due to congenital limb differences ...

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The Backstory:Paralympian Rudy Garcia-Tolson started his journey early on. He was born with popliteal pterygium syndrome, a club foot, webbed ...

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The Backstory:Born with proximal femoral focal deficiency, Jenna Fesemyer grew up without her left leg and hip socket. She grew ...

The Backstory:While a natural athlete throughout her younger years, Megan Fisher’s journey with competitive sports changed when she was in ...

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The Backstory: Josie Fouts was born with a congenital limb difference, leaving her without her left hand. From early one ...

The Backstory:AJ Digby was born bilateral fibular hemimelia, which caused his fibulas to be underdeveloped, and at ten months old ...

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The Backstory:At age 11, Tye Dutcher was in a lawnmower accident, causing the amputation of his lower right leg. He ...

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The Backstory:Alyssia Crook was born with popliteal pterygium syndrome and at age five she was adopted from a Ukraine orphanage ...

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 The Backstory:Tom Davis suffered major injuries due to a roadside bomb explosion, during his time stationed in Iraq with the ...

 The Backstory:Freddie De Los Santos lost his right leg above the knee serving in Afghanistan after being struck by a ...

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The Backstory:Though Josh Cinnamo was born with no arm below his elbow, he grew up willing and able to play ...

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The Backstory:Jack Briggs was born without his arm below the elbow. His brother inspired him to start running when he ...

The Backstory:Brickelle Bro had a fibular hemimelia and amniotic band syndrome before birth that caused her to amputate both of ...

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 The Backstory:Joe Berenyi first got into cycling years before he lost his right arm and severely injured his left knee ...

 The Backstory:In 2007 David Berling was in a private plane crash, causing him to amputate both legs above the knee, ...

The Backstory:At 18 years old, Natalie Bieule was involved in a car accident that trapped her in the car, requiring ...

 The Backstory:Samantha Bosco was born with a bowed tibia in her right leg and as a young child had the ...

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The BackgroundSydney Barta lost her leg at six years old due to metal scaffolding accident that left her left foot shattered. ...

 The backstory:Bassett was adopted by an American couple after spending 7 years in an orphanage located in Nanjing, China after ...