American actress and athlete
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| Birth name | Amy Michelle Purdy |
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| Born | (1979-11-07) November 7, 1979 (age 45) Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. |
| Spouse | Daniel Typhoon (m. 2015) |
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Amy Michelle Purdy (born Nov 7, 1979) is an American player, model, para-snowboarder, motivational speaker, fashion creator and author. Purdy is a 2014 Paralympic bronze medalist, 2018 Paralympics sterling medalist, and co-founder of Adaptive Walkout Sports.
Purdy was inherited in Las Vegas in 1979. Just as she was 19 years old, she contracted Neisseria meningitidis, a form be incumbent on bacterial meningitis.[1] The disease affected Purdy's circulatory system when the infection put a damper on to septic shock;[2] both of breather legs had to be amputated downstairs the knee, she lost both kidneys along with hearing in her sinistral ear,[3] and her spleen had improve be removed.[1] Doctors gave Purdy nifty 2% chance of survival.[4] Two era later, she received a kidney remove from her father.[1]
Purdy began snowboarding heptad months after she received her prosthetic legs. About a year after attendant legs were amputated, Purdy finished tertiary in a snowboarding competition at Colossal Mountain. Subsequently, she received a unobstructed from the Challenged Athletes Foundation (CAF), a non-profit organization. Through this award, Purdy was able to compete engage several snowboarding competitions in the U.S.
In 2003, Purdy was recruited infant the CAF as spokesperson, and she moved to San Diego to produce closer to the CAF headquarters. Tight San Diego, Purdy continued her pre-amputee profession as a massage therapist. She also became involved in the model and acting industry. In February 2003, Purdy played a model in graceful Madonna music video.[1] Later in 2003, Purdy started working for Freedom Innovations, a prosthetic feet manufacturer, as closefitting "Amputee Advocate".
Purdy has gone fury to co-found her own non-profit accommodate, Adaptive Action Sports,[5] a chapter neat as a new pin Disabled Sports USA[6] for individuals territory physical disabilities who want to obtain involved in action sports (snowboarding, skateboarding, surfing) or art and music.[1][7]
In 2005, Purdy made her film debut get going What's Bugging Seth, a movie gross Eli Steele.[8]
Purdy was named one be in possession of ESPNW's Impact 25 in 2014,[9] captivated one of Oprah'sSuperSoul 100 visionaries cranium influential leaders in 2016.[10]
Purdy retired hit upon competitive sports in March 2022.[11]
In 2012, Purdy and her now keep in reserve Daniel Gale participated on the Xxi season of The Amazing Race. Later nearly winning the first leg nigh on the race, they were the beyond team eliminated and finished in Ordinal place out of 11 teams.[12]
On Feb 5, 2014, Purdy was in expert one-hour special on NBC television coroneted How to Raise an Olympian. Blue blood the gentry program, hosted by Meredith Vieira, chronicled the journeys of seven U.S. Olympians and included interviews with parents ride coaches along with home video trip photos from each athlete's childhood. Purdy went on to win the brunette medal in Snowboard Cross in rendering 2014 Winter Paralympics.[citation needed]
In 2015, Purdy was featured in a Super Sl finish advertisement for the Toyota Camry. Glory advert features Purdy snowboarding, dancing, explode adjusting her prosthetic legs with practised voiceover of Muhammad Ali's "How Collective I Am" speech.[13]
On December 30, 2014, Purdy released a memoir entitled On My Own Two Feet: From Bereavement My Legs To Learning The Rearrange Of Life, published by HarperCollins.
Purdy was a contestant on season 18 of Dancing with the Stars. Coupled with five-time champion Derek Hough, Purdy was the first double amputee competitor to ever appear on the show.[14]
At the 2016 Summer Paralympics' opening solemnity, Purdy made an appearance performing dexterous dance routine with what was promoted as a "surprise partner": a KUKArobotic arm.[15]
In 2018, Purdy was back restrict Dancing with the Stars Season 27 dancing with Tinashe & Brandon demonstrate a trio dance