Aged just 19, Amy Purdy was suffering from flu-like symptoms when she was rushed into hospital.
Within days, she was on a life support machine and in a coma. Doctors gave Amy a 2 per cent chance of survival.
She was suffering from a bacterial infection, which led to both of her legs being amputated below the knee.
When she came round from the coma, she realise her life had changed forever – but it wasn’t going to keep her down.
Amy started snowboarding when she was 15 years old. When she realised she couldn’t find prosthetics that would work for snowboarding, Amy decided that she would just have to build her own.
Amy Purdy is best known for being a world class snowboarder and in 2014 became a Paralympic bronze medallist.
Just three months after surgery Amy entered herself into the USASA National Snowboarding Championship and claimed an amazing three medals in three events.
Since then, she went on to become a Paralympic bronze medallist at the Sochi Winter Olympics.
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