Word: paralympians
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Dates: during 2007-2007
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BEFORE TURNING 2, champion swimmer Jessica Long, 15, born without bones in her legs, was a double amputee. Following a 2006 season in which she won nine gold medals in world competition, she became the first Paralympian to win the Sullivan Award, given annually since 1930 to the nation's top amateur athlete. The recreational rock climber said, "To represent all the other Paralympic athletes ... is so cool...
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