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     Amy ''Michelle'' Purdy was born on November 7th 1979 at Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. She is an American actress, model, world class snowboarder and 2014 paralympic bronze medalist, co- founder of Adaptive Action Sports, professional motivational speaker, clothing designer and Author.

    At age 19, Amy contracted Neisseria  meningitis, a form of bacteria meningitis. The disease affected her circulatory system when the infection led to septic shock, both her legs had to be amputated below the knee, she lost both kidneys and her spleen had to be removed. Doctors gave Amy just 2% chance of survival. Two years later she received a kidney transplant from her father.

   Amy began snowboarding seven months after she received her leg prosthetics. About a year after her legs were amputated, she finished third in a snow boarding competition at Mammoth Mountain subsequently, she received a grant from the challenged athletes foundation (CAF). Through this grant, she was able to compete in several snowboarding competitions in the US.

    She was recruited by the CAF as spokesperson in 2003, and she moved to San Diego to be closer to the CAF headquarters. In San Diego she continued her pre.-amputee profession as a massage therapist. She also became involved in the modelling and acting industries.
She also gone on to Co-found her own nonprofit Organization, Adaptive Action Sports.

     Amy is considered one of the most commercially successful paralympic and adaptive athlete in the whole world and she is happily married to Daniel Gale.         You are capable of more than you think you can, everything you need its inside of you.

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