Medal won by Amy Purdy at the National Championships
name: label: user
content: Purdy, Amy
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Medal won by Amy Purdy at the National Championships.
label: Description (Brief)
content: At 19, Amy Purdy suffered septic shock as a result of meningococcal meningitis. Due to loss of circulation, she had to have both legs amputated below the knee. Just two years later, Purdy competed in the United States of America Snowboard Association’s National Snowboarding Championship and medaled in three events. In 2005 she co-founded Adaptive Action Sports, a nonprofit organization which helps disabled athletes become involved in action sports. Purdy also helps develop her prosthetics, allowing her to perform specialized tasks with enhance agility. Purdy was the only double amputee to compete in the 2014 Paralympics Games in Sochi, where she won a bronze medal in Snowboard Cross.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: web subject
content: Adaptive Sports
label: name of sport
content: Snowboard Cross
label: level of sport
content: Amateur
label: web subject
content: Women
label: web subject
content: Disabilities
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content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2016.0185.05
label: accession number
content: 2016.0185
label: catalog number
content: 2016.0185.05
objectType: label: Object Name
content: medal, adpative sports
label: Object Name
content: medal, adaptive sports
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ribbon (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 19 1/2 in x 2 1/2 in x 3 in; 49.53 cm x 6.35 cm x 7.62 cm