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| Born | August 27, 1981 (age 43) Litchfield, Minnesota, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 140 lb (64 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Snowboarding | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | SB-LL1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Mike Schultz (born August 27, 1981) [1] is a Paralympic snowboarder and the founder of BioDapt Inc, a prosthetics business. He is a gold and two-time silver medalist in snowboarding at the Winter Paralympics.
He was the flag-bearer for the United States at the 2018 Winter Paralympics Parade of Nations. [2] He lost his leg in 2008 in a snowmobile race. [3] He won gold and silver in Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Paralympics. [4] He later won the Best Male Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award. [5]
He won the silver medal in the men's dual banked slalom SB-LL1 event at the 2021 World Para Snow Sports Championships held in Lillehammer, Norway. [6] [7] He also won the silver medal in the men's snowboard cross SB-LL1 event. [8] [9]
He won the silver medal in the men's snowboard cross SB-LL1 event at the 2022 Winter Paralympics held in Beijing, China. [10]
Amanda Reid is an Australian Paralympic swimmer, cyclist and snowboarder. She represented Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in swimming. At the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Paralympics, she won a silver medal in the Women's 500 m Time Trial C1–3 and at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics a gold medal in the 500 m Time Trial C1–3. At the 2024 Paris Paralympics, she won a gold medal in the 500 m Time Trial C1–3.
Ben Tudhope is an Australian Paralympian who has competed in para-snowboard cross at three Winter Paralympics 2014 to 2022. His selection at the age of 14 at the 2014 Winter Paralympics meant that he became Australia's youngest Winter Paralympian, replacing Michael Milton. He was the youngest competitor at the 2014 Winter Paralympic Games from any country. He also competed at the 2018 Winter Paralympics. At the 2022 Winter Paralympics, he won the bronze medal in the Men's Snowboard Cross SB-LL2.
Brenna Huckaby is an American snowboarder. She competed at the 2018 Winter Paralympics, winning gold medals in the snowboard cross and banked slalom, and she won gold and a bronze medal at the 2022 Winter Paralympics. She is the first Paralympian to appear in the Swimsuit Issue of Sports Illustrated. Huckaby won the 2024 'Best Athlete with a Disability' ESPY Award.
Matti Suur-Hamari is a para-snowboarder. He is a three-time medalist, including two gold medals, at the Winter Paralympics.
Liudmyla Liashenko is a Ukrainian cross-country skier and biathlete. She has competed at the Paralympics in 2014, 2018 and 2022.
James Barnes-Miller is a British snowboarder from Isle of Thanet. He competes in snowboarding events for athletes with upper limb disabilities after being born with an incomplete right arm. He participated at the 2018 Winter Paralympics,
Cécile Hernandez is a French para-snowboarder and four-time Paralympic medallist, with a gold medal from Beijing 2022, a silver medal from Sochi 2014 and both a silver and a bronze from PyeongChang 2018. She competes for the teams Les Angles and France Douanes, as well as the French national Paralympic team; outside sport, she is a customs officer journalist and writer.
Lisa Bunschoten is a Dutch para-snowboarder. She won a silver and a bronze medal in snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Paralympics.
Noah Elliott is a Paralympic snowboarder who competed for the United States at the 2018 Winter Paralympics held in Pyeongchang, South Korea. He won gold in Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Paralympics – Men's banked slalom division SB-LL1.
Snowboarding was one of the competitions at the 2022 Winter Paralympics in Beijing, China. In total, eight medal events were held.
Monika Aleksandra Kotzian is a Polish para-snowboarder. Born without a left hand and forearm, she competes in the SB-UL category.
Lisa DeJong is a Canadian retired para-snowboarder who competed in the SB-LL2 category. She won Canada's first Winter Paralympic medal at the 2022 Winter Paralympics, and retired on October 10, 2023.
Renske van Beek is a Dutch para-snowboarder in the SB-LL2 category.
Sandrine Hamel is a Canadian para-snowboarder who competes in the SB-LL2 category.
Irati Idiakez López is a Spanish para-snowboarder who competes in the SB-UL category.
Ellen Walther is a Swiss para-snowboarder in the SB-LL1 category.
Romy Tschopp is a Swiss para-snowboarder in the SB-LL2 category.
Tyler Turner is a Canadian para-snowboarder who competes in the SB-LL1 category. He won the gold medal in the men's snowboard cross SB-LL1 event at the 2022 Winter Paralympics held in Beijing, China. He also won the bronze medal in the men's banked slalom SB-LL1 event.
Maxime Montaggioni is a French para-snowboarder and parataekwondo practitioner. Born without a right hand, he competes in the SB-UL category. Montaggioni is six-time medallist at the World Para Snowboard Championships and a bronze medalist at the World Para Taekwondo Championships.
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