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headercolor = lightsteelblue north battleford , saskatchewan , canada february 5 , 1982 deidra dionne
 deidra dionne
deidra dionne

deidra dionne -lrb- born february 5 , 1982 -rrb- is a canadian freestyle skier .
she was born in north battleford , saskatchewan .
she won bronze in the 2002 winter olympics in freestyle aerial ski she also won the bronze medal at the 2001 and 2003 fis world freestyle ski championships .
her health and career appeared in jeopardy on september 1 , 2005 ; when she had a training accident that injured her neck .
she came close to being paralyzed .
she had to have surgery where two vertebrae in her neck were fused with a titanium plate .
a bone graft needed to be taken from her right hip .
eventually she recoverred , and was able to participate in the 2006 winter olympics .
at the 2002 salt lake city olympics dionne won a bronze medal in women 's aerial ski jumping .
