Aimee Mullins

Aimee Mullins is an American athlete, actor, and public speaker. She was born with a medical condition that resulted in the amputation of both of her lower legs. She is famous for being the first amputee to compete against able-bodied athletes in National Collegiate Athletic Association events, and competed in the Paralympics in 1996 in Atlanta. In 1999 she began modeling, and in 2002 she began an acting career. She speaks at conferences, and is well known for her TED talks.

Mullins was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, to Irish father Bernard Mullins from Crusheen, County Clare, Ireland, and mother Bernadette Mullins. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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• "Aimee Mullins." Wikipedia, revision of 28 September 2021. < link > Accessed 24 December 2021.