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• Hometown: Las Vegas, NV• Resides: Copper Mountain, CO • Birthdate: 11/7/1979• TW/INST/FB: @AmyPurdyGURL

• Motivational Speaker

• World Class Snowboarder &

2014 Paralympic Medalist

• Founder of Adaptive Action Sports

• Actress

• Model

• Dancer

• Author

• Product Spokesperson

AMY PURDY#Liveinspired

Amy’s Story: Living Beyond Limits…

At 19, after experiencing flu-like symptoms, Amy was rushed to the hospital in a state of

septic shock. En route, she experienced respiratory and multiple organ failure which caused

her to lose circulation to her extremities. When she entered into the hospital she was given

less than a 2% chance of survival, put on life support and placed into a coma. After multiple

blood transfusions, and the removal of her ruptured spleen, doctors diagnosed Amy with

Meningococcal Meningitis, a vaccine preventable bacterial infection. Due to the lack of

circulation she had suffered doctors had to amputate her legs below the knee. She later

received a donated kidney from her father a week before her 21st birthday.

After going through this life-altering experience, Amy challenged herself to move on with her

life and attain goals that even those who have both legs struggle to achieve. Just three

months after her kidney transplant, Amy entered the USASA National Snowboarding

Championship where she won medals in three events. Today, she is one of the top ranked

adaptive snowboarders in the world, and was the 2014 Paralympic Bronze Medalist. She is

the only double leg amputee competing at the world class level.

Amy’s creativity, positive outlook and her never give up attitude have opened doors to

many other opportunities including being featured in a Madonna music video, a lead actress

role in an award winning independent film and multiple creative modeling projects including

a photo shoot with musician and artist Nikki Sixx where her legs were custom made from

steel to look like ice picks.

Amy has evolved into a powerful inspirational and motivational speaker who has literally

been seen by millions of people and invited to share her story to audiences around the

world.

Amy’s story and images have been featured in numerous national and international

publications, and in 2012 she and her longtime boyfriend (now husband), Daniel Gale, raced

around the world on The Amazing Race.


In May of 2013 Amy was named by the International Olympic Committee as one of the top

15 most marketable Para-athletes in the world.

Although Amy has numerous accomplishments, she is most proud of co-founding Adaptive

Action Sports. Created in 2005, AAS is a non-profit organization which helps those with

permanent disabilities to get involved in action sports. AAS has partnered with ESPN and

runs adaptive action sport competitions at the summer and winter ESPN X Games. These

events were instrumental in getting adaptive snowboarding added to the 2014 Paralympic

Games.

In the Spring of 2014, Amy inspired millions of fans with her stunning performances on

ABC’s Dancing With The Stars, eventually becoming the show’s runner up. Later that year

she toured the country sharing her remarkable story alongside Oprah Winfrey, as part of

Oprah’s The Life You Want Tour. In February of 2015 she was featured in a SuperBowl

commercial (Toyota) and then released her autobiography, On My Own Two Feet, which

quickly became a New York Times Best Seller.

Amy’s latest project went global. She was the featured performer in the Opening Ceremony

of the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio. Her dance was viewed by over 300 million people

around the world.

Amy is current training to return to the 2018 Winter Paralympic Games in Korea.

Amy is highly experienced professional speaker, including being a featured presenter at both TEDxand POP Tech. Her TED speech has been viewed over 1.4 million times and translated into multiple languages:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2QZM7azGoA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2QZM7azGoA


Amy is an experienced model who has worked on features with both Madonna and Nikki Sixx. She has appeared in campaigns for Toyota, The Hartford, P&G, Duracell, Kelloggs, Element, Coca-Cola and others.


Amy is the top ranked adaptive snowboarder in the U.S., a three-time World Cup Para-Snowboard winner, and the 2014 Paralympic Bronze Medalist.


Amy is the co-founder of Adaptive Action

Sports, a non-profit organization which

helps disabled youth, young adults and

wounded veterans get involved with action

sports. AAS was instrumental in getting

adaptive snowboarding added to the 2014

Paralympic Games.


Three days after winning a bronze medal at the 2014 Sochi Paralympics Amy became a breakout star of ABC’s Dancing With The Stars. Inspiring the judges, fellow competitors, the professional dance staff and millions of fans, Amy delivered one stunning performance after another and was eventually the show’s runner up.


A highly experienced spokesperson, Amy has been featured in advertising campaigns for Toyota, Pfizer, Coca-Cola, Kelloggs, The Hartford, Element, The U.S. Olympic Committee, NBC, Procter & Gamble, Duracell and others. She has performed hundreds of brand integrated interviews, SMTs, voice-overs, commercials and more.


http://www.oprah.com/app/oprahs-tour.html

In the fall of 2014 Amy partnered with one of her lifelong idols, Oprah Winfrey. She joined the media mogul on an eight-city national tour along with Deepak Chopra, Elizabeth Gilbert, Iyanla Vanzant, Rob Bell and Mark Nepo as part of Oprah’s “The Life You Want Weekend” tour.


In January of 2015, Amy released her memoir, ‘On My Own Two Feet’ which soon thereafter became a New York Times Best Seller.

'Her riveting memoir, On My Own Two Feet, is shot through with honesty, compassion, a sunny steeliness, and, above all, a sense of humor.'' --O, The Oprah Magazine

Amy Purdy, who inspired a nation on Dancing with the Stars and has been called a hero by Oprah Winfrey, reveals the intimate details of her triumphant comeback from the brink of death to making history as a Paralympic snowboarder.

In this poignant and uplifting memoir, Dancing With the Stars sensation Amy Purdy reveals the story of how losing her legs led her to find a spiritual path. When the Las Vegas native was just nineteen, she contracted bacterial meningitis and was given less than a two percent chance of survival. In a near-death experience, she saw three figures who told her: “You can come with us, or you can stay. No matter what happens in your life, it’s all going to make sense in the end.” In that moment, Amy chose to live.


Super Bowl XLIX In February of 2015, Amy was featured in a Toyota Super Bowl commercial. Watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjUfygo5mzw


On September 7, 2016 Amy performed as the featured dancer in

the Opening Ceremony of the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games. In a

five minute solo dance, Amy’s performance was seen on

television around the world by an estimated audience of over 300

million people.

For more information about

Amy Purdycontact:


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