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To hear Amy Purdy tell it, she might be the luckiest person alive. Lucky and blessed, too. Faced with some of the worst cards life might deal an energetic young woman — bacterial meningitis that ...
Purdy lost both her legs below the knees after contracting bacterial meningitis. Paralympian Amy Purdy has weathered any storm that has come her way and has tackled challenges head on. But now ...
She enters a new stage in her life—one that she’s calling Amy Purdy 3.0. By the time I meet Amy at this shoot in October, she's been living without her left prosthetic for seven months.
GRAND RAPIDS, MI – After Amy Purdy had both legs amputated at 19, she had no idea how she would ever walk again – she just knew she would make it happen. Now a Paralympian and a veteran of ...
Amy Purdy is now a world champion adaptive snowboarder and entrepreneur. March 16, 2012— -- Amy Purdy has lived and breathed snowboarding for most of her life, but when she lost both of her ...
Amy Purdy didn’t know what her life would look like when she lost both her legs due to an infection as a teen. “When I lost my legs at 19, ...
Amy Purdy was only 19 when she was left legless below the knees. The double amputation was devastating, but Purdy wouldn’t be stopped. Last year, she cha-chaed her way to the finale of &#8220… ...
Amy Purdy is dancing again! The Paralympic snowboarder and motivational speaker, 43, reunited with her former Dancing with the Stars partner Derek Hough at his Symphony of Dance tour stop in ...
Amy Purdy shared with KTLA’s Sam Rubin her tragic story that ended with an inspiring outcome. Purdy was 19 years old when she contracted what she thought was the flu, but turned out to be men… ...
This little baby, who was a Wednesday’s Child in 1987, grew up to be Amy Purdy, who shared her life story in April 2023 (KOIN) Amy Purdy and KOIN 6 News anchor Jeff Gianola, January 2023 (KOIN) ...
Amy Purdy, Paralympic snowboarder and bestselling author, shares her inspiring journey with over 1,000 attendees at TTUHSC’s Power of the Purse.
Amy Purdy, Derek Hough. Getty Images (2) Paralympian Amy Purdy is thankful she can walk — and dance with Derek Hough — again after a major health scare. “After injuring my leg 4 years ago ...