Stephanie Victor Three Time Paralympian - Four Time World Champion

Former film student and actress Stephani Victor is living her own gold-medal- if improbable-script. Loading her car in 1995, she was pinned against her vehicle when an out-of-control car veered into her driveway. Both legs were amputated above the knee. Three years, and 11 reconstructive surgeries later, she took her first sit-skiing lesson: since then she has won multiple Paralympic medals several World Championships and Overall World Cup titles.

At a young age, Victor started skiing in Pennsylvania with her family. However, it was not until 1999, when Victor was promoting a role in a movie during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, that she took her first ski lesson as a person with a disability. The athlete in her told Victor she could conquer mono-skiing, and furthermore, she was determined to compete at the Paralympic Games.

Her athletic accomplishments include a downhill bronze medal at the 2002 Salt Lake City Paralympic Winter Games; For most people marriage is a highlight year. Not only did Victor wed her longtime coach Marcel Kuonen in 2005, she then added to the season highlight reel winning gold in the slalom at the 2006 Paralympic Winter Games in Torino, Italy. Her Paralympic run was the climax of her latest movie, a documentary she began after her accident in '95. "Thanks to Marcel, I have my gold medal ending". Look for the film release soon.

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• gold-metal
• paralympic
• paralympian
• world
• cup
• slalom