Janine Shepherd: Olympic athlete told she would never walk again
Channel: INspired INsider
Date: 2020-03-12

Janine Shepherd’s story reads like the plot of a Hollywood movie. A champion cross-country skier in training for the Winter Olympics and her life was altered. Doctors told her she would never walk again.

Here’s a glimpse of what you’ll learn:

• What did Janine do after the doctors told her she would never walk again.
• If you remember one thing from this interview then make sure to listen to when she talks about the hills. Janine Shepherd is a best-selling author of Never Tell Me Never (which was also turned into a movie) she is an internationally renowned speaker who travels extensively in Australia and all over the world sharing her story with others.

FUN FACT:
Janine likes to fly airplanes upside down.

Business Mentors, Tools, Books mentioned:
Never Tell Me Never

A little background about Janine:
A champion cross country skier in training for the winter Olympics, her life was altered when she was run over by a truck during a training bicycle ride to the Blue Mountains.
Her neck and back were broken in six places, and her right arm, collarbone and five ribs fractured. Her right leg had been ripped open, she had sustained head injuries and massive internal injuries. She had severe lacerations to her abdominal area and had lost five litres of blood. The bleeding alone was enough to kill her.

Doctors warned her parents that she was not expected to survive her ordeal. Even if by some small chance she recovered, she would never walk again.

Coming to terms with her shattered Olympic dreams, refusing to believe what expert medical staff were telling her about her chances of any kind of recovery, Janine focused every part of her being on healing her broken body and crushed morale.

Her fighting spirit was rekindled watching small planes flying overhead. She made a decision: “ If I can’t walk, I’ll fly.” And fly she did. While still covered in a full body plaster cast, Janine was lifted into an aircraft for her first flight. That moment changed her life forever.

Within a year she had her private pilot’s licence. Despite remaining a partial paraplegic and with many physical challenges still ahead, she battled on to gain her commercial pilots licence, her Instrument rating, her twin engine rating, and her Instructor’s rating. She then went on to become a fully qualified aerobatics instructor.

And all the while she pushed her body to mend itself, forced her legs to walk again, step by painful step. Although doctors said she would never have children, Janine says her greatest achievement is the three young children she now has. She has since gone on to finish her University degree in Physical Education.

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