Facts: - president: juan manuel santos calderon - party: social party of national unity - predecessor: everth bustamante garcia - otherparty: independent civic movement -lrb- 1991-2006 -rrb- - birth date: 20 october 1961 - profession: political scientist - order: 17th - spouse: maria del rosario marin - office: coldeportes of the chamber of representatives of colombia general director of coldeportes senator of colombia member - term end: 19 20 july 1998 20 july 1994 january 2012 20 july 2010 6 december 2004 - constituency: capital district - name: jairo raul clopatofsky ghisays - birth place: cartagena , bolivar , colombia - successor: andres botero phillipsbourne - nationality: colombian - alma mater: university -lrb- mpa -rrb- of la sabana -lrb- bba -rrb- harvard university - children: mario clopatofsky marin - term start: 7 2002 20 july 1994 20 july 1991 august 2010 16 march 2005 july 20 , - religion: roman catholic Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of jairo clopatofsky .
jairo raul clopatofsky ghisays -lrb- born 20 october 1961 -rrb- is a colombian politician .a party of the u politician , clopatofsky had served in the congress of colombia , as senator and as representative for the capital district , and most recently as the 17th general director of coldeportes from 2010 to 2012 .in 1982 he suffered an automotive accident that left him paraplegic and bound to a wheelchair .in 2005 he went through an experimental stem cell transplant surgery procedure , using olfactory adult stem cells into the spinal cord .after 22 years of paraplegia , and loss of sensation from the waist down , clopatofsky was able to regain sensation in his legs and successfully took his first steps thanks to physical therapy and the operation .