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Adele Fifield

Born in Trinity East, Newfoundland, Canada, Fifield enrolled in The War Amps Child Amputee (CHAMP) Program after losing a leg to cancer at the age of 13.

Disability in the media

Michael J. Dowling (1866-1921) was a prominent Minnesota politician and newspaper publisher, who was also a quadruple amputee.

Everest: Beyond the Limit

The first season's six-part series included double-amputee Mark Inglis' ascent and brief footage of British climber David Sharp, who died in the attempt.

Giles Duley

In 2011 he was severely injured after stepping on an IED whilst in Afghanistan and as a result became a triple amputee.

Greg Otterholt

As an athlete, Otterholt has been seen on television's Wide World of Sports for ski racing, played for the World Cup Soccer Tournament with the U.S. Amputee exhibition team, and appeared in the pages of Golf Digest after hitting a "one-handed" hole in one.

International Child Amputee Network

Sarah Reinertsen, American and the first female leg amputee to complete the Ironman Triathlon World Championship

Marilyn Gillies Carr

She appeared with Douglas Bader in the documentary film Two of a Kind in 1971, which contrasted his life as a double-leg amputee with hers as a person with no arms.

Mirosław Vitali

Miroslaw (Mirek) Vitali, OBE (October 5, 1914 in Human, Ukraine – February 19, 1992 in London, England) was a physician specialising in treatment and care of amputees.

National Intrepid Center of Excellence

While its sister organization, the Center for the Intrepid, treats amputee and/or burned service members, the NICoE provides diagnostic evaluations and treatment of complex TBI and PH conditions to promote physical, psychological and spiritual healing.

Phurba Tashi

In the first season of the Discovery Channel series, he was shown carrying double-amputee Mark Inglis down a portion of the lower descent on his back.

Stephen Muir

Stephen Muir is an Australian Paralympic amputee athletics competitor from the Sunshine Coast, Queensland.

Waiting All Night

The music video is the inspirational true life-story of San Francisco born BMX champion and actor - Kurt Yaeger, who became an amputee after an accident in 2006.


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