Amputee Category Paralympic Competitors - Aaron Chatman, Amy Winters, Ben Austin, Bradley Thomas (Athlete), Brad Ness, Brendan Burkett, Brenden Hall, B (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 33. Chapters: Aaron Chatman, Amy Winters, Ben Austin, Bradley Thomas (athlete), Brad Ness, Brendan Burkett, Brenden Hall, Brett Holcombe, Brett Stibners, Bridie Kean, Cameron de Burgh, Cameron Rahles Rahbula, Christine Wolf, Clifford Swann, Darren Gardiner, David Boldery, David Evans (athlete), Donald Dann, Donna Smith (athlete), Don Elgin, Elizabeth Wright (swimmer), Ellie Cole, Graeme Martin, Greg Hammond, Helena Brunner, Imre Tiitsu, James Hoggan, John Eden (athlete), John Forsberg, Justin Eveson, Kaido Kalm, Karl Feifar, Kathleen O'kelly-Kennedy, Kelly Cartwright, Kyrra Grunnsund, Marcio Fernandes, Marty Mayberry, Matt Stutzman, Melissa Carlton, Michael Milton (skier), Natalie du Toit, Peter Kirby (athlete), Rodney Nugent, Rosemary Eames, Ryley Batt, Scott Brockenshire, Stephen Muir, Stephen Wilson (athlete), Toby Kane, Tracey Lewis, Tristan Knowles, Troy Sachs. Excerpt: Ellie Victoria Cole (born 12 December 1991) is an Australian Paralympic swimmer. After having her leg amputated due to cancer she trained in swimming as part of her rehabilitation program and progressed more rapidly than instructors had predicted. She began competitive swimming in 2003 and first competed internationally at the 2006 IPC Swimming World Championships, where she won a silver medal. Since then, she has won medals in the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, the Commonwealth games, the Paralympic Games, the 2010 IPC Swimming World Championships, and various national championships. She has won several awards and was the International Paralympic Committee Athlete of the Month in August 2011. As of 2012 she is undertaking a degree at the University of Canberra. Cole was born in the Melbourne suburb of Lilydale on 12 December 1991. Her mother and grandfather were both swimmers and her father was athletic. At two years of age, she was diagnosed with a rare tumour, a sarcoma that was wrapped around the nerves of her right leg. After unsuccessful attempts to treat her cancer with chemotherapy, her right leg was amputated above the knee on 14 February 1994. Eight weeks after the surgery, as part of her rehabilitation, Cole's mother Jenny enrolled her in swimming lessons. Cole's instructors expected her to take up to a year to learn how to swim in a straight line, but it took her two weeks. Cole attended Mount Eliza North Primary school and Frankston High School, both in the outer Melbourne suburb of Frankston. As of 2012 she lives in Canberra and is based at the Australian Institute of Sport while she works towards a Bachelor of Sports Coaching and Exercise Science at the University of Canberra. She has a twin sister, Brittany. Cole is classified in the S9 category in swimming due to her amputation, a classification that also includes swimmers who have joint restrictions in one leg and those with double below-knee amputations. She began competitive swimming in 2003