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SCI Superstar: Pieter du Preez
Meet SPINALpedia's SCI Superstar this week Pieter du Preez! The first quadriplegic (C6 complete) to complete an Ironman Triathlon (swimming 3.8 kilometers, handcycling 180 kilometers and racing 42.2 kilometers in his racing chair), this South African Paralympian and married man has one heck of a story to tell.
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SCI Superstar: Anna Turney
Meet SPINALpedia's fabulous SCI Superstar this week - Anna Turney! This 35 year old Brit was a competitive snowboarder, injured in 2006 while in Japan. But Anna has been able to battle post-injury depression and move on to do great things, including become a Paralympic skier and motivational speaker, as well a mentor to youth with the prestigious Dame Kelly Holmes Trust. Love her spirit!
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SCI Superstar: Kevin Saunders
No it's not Chuck Norris in a wheelchair, it's SPINALpedia's SCI Superstar this week - Kevin Saunders! The first person with a disability to serve on the President’s Council of Physical Fitness, this longtime Paralympian, father and motivational speaker specializes in javelin and wheelchair racing and has over 700 competitions to his credit.
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SCI Superstar: Angela Madsen
MMeet SPINALpedia's SCI Superstar this week Angela Madsen: Injured in a Marines basketball game in 1993, Angela discovered rowing a few years post-injury and hasn't looked back. She now holds six Guinness Book of Word Records in rowing, including being the first disabled woman to cross the Atlantic and the first woman ever to cross the Indian Ocean. Read her book and support her foundation - Military & Veteran Tribute Row
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SCI Superstar: Rob Parsons
Meet SPINALpedia's SCI Superstar this week speed racer Robert Parsons! A car drifter from Alberta, Canada injured in a dirt bike accident in 2011, he's not only back drifting with hand-controls he made himself, he recently founded The Chairslayers Foundation, helping introduce the thrill of drifting and other motorsports to others with spinal cord injuries.
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SCI Superstar: Amy Van Dyken
Who's all about positivity? SPINALpedia's SCI Superstar Olympian Amy Van Dyken! Amy won 6 Olympic gold medals in swimming and last June she became a T12 para in an ATV accident. Check out what she's up to, including her new foundation the Amy Van Dyken Foundation.
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SCI Superstar: Anne Wafula Strike
Meet SPINALpedia's SCI Superstar - the gorgeous Anne Wafula Strike! Born in Kenya, she contracted polio at 2 years old. After having a son in her 20s she moved to Great Britain, and it was here where she discovered wheelchair racing and became a Paralympic wheelchair racer; the first one from East Africa. From a mud hut to tea with the Queen of England, Anne's story of self-acceptance is one everyone should read.
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SCI Superstar: Robert Thompkins
Check out SPINALpedia's SCI Superstar this week Robert Thompkins! A daredevil pre-injury and one of the first people to try chairskating, Robert is bringing this wicked cool sport to skate parks all around the San Diego-area, and he co-founded the nonprofit Looking Beyond The Wheels to make it happen.
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SCI Superstar: Monika Kuszyńska
Check out SPINALpedia's musically gifted SCI Superstar this week Monika Kuszyńska! A paraplegic pop singer who sang with Varius Manx for 9 years, she's now making history as the first person with a spinal cord injury to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest representing Poland. Read her amazing story below! And good luck May 24th!
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SCI Superstar: Michael Graves
SPINALpedia's SCI Superstar the legendary architect Michael Graves. Michael sadly passed away last week of natural causes. He designed world-renowned buildings through the '70s, '80s and '90s before his injury, and after his injury he designed kitchen products for Target and taught design at Princeton. He was 80 years old.