Amy Palmiero-Winters

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Amy Palmiero-Winters (born August 18, 1972) is a below-knee amputee who holds 11 world records in various sports.

In 2010, she was named the best amateur athlete in the United States and the ESPN ESPY Award as the best female athlete with a disability in the world.

Personal life

Palmiero-Winters was born in Meadville, Pennsylvania, and competed in track and distance running from a young age. In 1994, she was involved in a motorcycle crash that fractured her left leg. Her leg was amputated below the knee after three years and twenty-five surgeries. She won't be able to run at all until three years after the accident.

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Early running career

Palmiero-Winters took the Silver Strand Marathon in 2004. Despite being five months pregnant and running on a prosthetic leg only meant for walking, she came in second place in her division. She entered the 2005 New York City Triathlon, using a walking prosthesis as well as a bike borrowed from her employer, and finished third in her division.

Palmiero-Winters, at this point, have decided to run on a more serious basis. After obtaining a highly customized prosthetic leg from A Step Ahead Prosthetics in Hicksville, NY, she decided to relocate to New York to join Team A Step Ahead, a group of amputee athletes professionally taught and supported by A Step Ahead Prosthetics.

Palmiero-Winters had been training regularly, and with a new prosthetic, she ran the New York City Marathon in 3:24, breaking the world record for a female amputee by more than two minutes by more than 20 minutes. She followed this up by running the 2006 Chicago Marathon in 3:04, the fastest marathon time for a below-knee amputee, male or female.

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