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Archers at the 2004 Summer Paralympics: Lindsey Carmichael, Ma?gorzata Olejnik, Paola Fantato, Anita Chapman, John Cavanagh, Aaron Cross

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Description:Chapters: Lindsey Carmichael, Ma?gorzata Olejnik, Paola Fantato, Anita Chapman, John Cavanagh, Aaron Cross. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 21. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Lindsey Ann Carmichael (b. July 22, 1985, San Antonio, Texas) is a Paralympic Champion. She spent her first years in Uvalde, TX, and then moved to Austin and then Lago Vista, TX where she attended middle and high school. Diagnosed at the age of 4 with McCune-Albright syndrome, she experienced a number of bone fractures (leg, hip, and arm) and surgeries to remedy the impact of the disease. This required her to use body casts, crutches and a wheelchair at various times. Her femurs and tibias were eventually rodded with steel and titanium rods. At the age of 13 while in middle school, a math teacher overheard her discussing with a friend the lack of PE (physical education) options for students in wheelchairs such as herself. He suggested she try archery. Lindsey became an archer at Archery Country JOAD, participating on a weekly basis. JOAD is the National Archery Association's acronym for "Junior Olympic Archery Development." In the ensuing years she set a number of records in her age group, competing as both an able-bodied category as well as an archer with disabilities, setting numerous at the Texas State level, US national records and even world records. She underwent a 16-hour surgical procedure to shift 2.5 cm of bone from one femur to the other in Dec. 2002 at the Rochester Mayo Clinic, suffering a hip fracture in the process and had to learn to walk again. She competed in a US national tournament just a few months later, finishing 47 of 71 archers. Lindsey represented the United States in international tournaments starting in 2003 at the International Paralympic Championships in Madrid, Spain where s...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=2262235We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Archers at the 2004 Summer Paralympics: Lindsey Carmichael, Ma?gorzata Olejnik, Paola Fantato, Anita Chapman, John Cavanagh, Aaron Cross. To get started finding Archers at the 2004 Summer Paralympics: Lindsey Carmichael, Ma?gorzata Olejnik, Paola Fantato, Anita Chapman, John Cavanagh, Aaron Cross, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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2010
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1158556942

Archers at the 2004 Summer Paralympics: Lindsey Carmichael, Ma?gorzata Olejnik, Paola Fantato, Anita Chapman, John Cavanagh, Aaron Cross

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Description: Chapters: Lindsey Carmichael, Ma?gorzata Olejnik, Paola Fantato, Anita Chapman, John Cavanagh, Aaron Cross. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 21. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Lindsey Ann Carmichael (b. July 22, 1985, San Antonio, Texas) is a Paralympic Champion. She spent her first years in Uvalde, TX, and then moved to Austin and then Lago Vista, TX where she attended middle and high school. Diagnosed at the age of 4 with McCune-Albright syndrome, she experienced a number of bone fractures (leg, hip, and arm) and surgeries to remedy the impact of the disease. This required her to use body casts, crutches and a wheelchair at various times. Her femurs and tibias were eventually rodded with steel and titanium rods. At the age of 13 while in middle school, a math teacher overheard her discussing with a friend the lack of PE (physical education) options for students in wheelchairs such as herself. He suggested she try archery. Lindsey became an archer at Archery Country JOAD, participating on a weekly basis. JOAD is the National Archery Association's acronym for "Junior Olympic Archery Development." In the ensuing years she set a number of records in her age group, competing as both an able-bodied category as well as an archer with disabilities, setting numerous at the Texas State level, US national records and even world records. She underwent a 16-hour surgical procedure to shift 2.5 cm of bone from one femur to the other in Dec. 2002 at the Rochester Mayo Clinic, suffering a hip fracture in the process and had to learn to walk again. She competed in a US national tournament just a few months later, finishing 47 of 71 archers. Lindsey represented the United States in international tournaments starting in 2003 at the International Paralympic Championships in Madrid, Spain where s...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=2262235We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Archers at the 2004 Summer Paralympics: Lindsey Carmichael, Ma?gorzata Olejnik, Paola Fantato, Anita Chapman, John Cavanagh, Aaron Cross. To get started finding Archers at the 2004 Summer Paralympics: Lindsey Carmichael, Ma?gorzata Olejnik, Paola Fantato, Anita Chapman, John Cavanagh, Aaron Cross, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Publisher
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Release
2010
ISBN
1158556942

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