Amy Michelle Purdy born November 7 1979 is an American actress model motivational speaker entrepreneur clothing designer author podcaster and retired parasnowboarder She is a 2014 Paralympics bronze medalist 2018 Paralympics silver medalist and cofounder of Adaptive Action Sports She is the host of a criticallyacclaimed podcast about resilience called Bouncing Forward She has also competed on Dancing with the Stars When she was 19 years old she contracted Neisseria meningitidis a form of bacterial meningitis The disease affected her circulatory system when the infection led to septic shock both of her legs had to be amputated below the knee she lost both kidneys and her spleen had to be removed Doctors gave her a 2 chance of survival Two years later she received a kidney transplant from her father She began snowboarding seven months after she received her prosthetic legs About a year after her legs were amputated she finished third in a snowboarding competition at Mammoth Mountain
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