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- Oksana Masters was born with six toes on both feet and deformed hands, probably due to radiation from the Chernobyl nuclear accident during her mother's pregnancy. After being in several orphanages, she was adopted at the age of seven and moved to the United States, where both of her legs were amputated above the knee. At the age of 13, she began rowing, and from that point on, her career as an all-around athlete took off. At the 2012 London Paralympics, she became the first American to win a bronze medal in rowing. Shortly after, she began competing in winter sports, winning silver, and bronze medals in Nordic skiing at the 2014 Sochi Paralympics. At the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Paralympics, she won two golds and one bronze in Nordic cross-country skiing and two silvers in biathlon, making her name known around the world. At the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Paralympics, she won two golds and a bronze in Nordic cross-country skiing, and two silvers in biathlon.
- Dias was born with malformed upper and lower limbs. He started swimming at the age of 16 and was quickly competing in world championships. He's attempting to set a new world record at the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games.
- Born in Cambridge, Great Britain 1993, at the age of 5 he suffered from meningitis and had no choice but to amputate his right leg. After he got his prosthetics, he worked hard to be able to compete side by side with abled body children. He trained to become a sprinter and in 2012 June, his talent bloomed. In the men's 100m, he broke the world record. The same year he competed in his first Paralympic games in London. At the age of 19 he won Gold in front of 80,000 people at his home game. From that day he became a star in athletics. He had some trouble with injuries but in 2016 he once again won Gold. Now he trains at Loughborough University and is for sure aiming for his third consecutive Gold in TOKYO 2020.
- Born in Stuttgart Germany, he is an athlete with a short structure competing in the F41 class. Since he was a child, he played several sports. He encountered with shot put when he met Mathias Mester, a shot put athlete who is another German F41 class athlete. Niko admired Mathias and started to compete in shot put. Niko's competition debut was in 2015 Doha when he made a record of 12.85m and won a silver medal. Since then he has been overcoming his records. The 2016 Rio games were his first Paralympic games. At that game he won a gold medal against his rival with just 1cm. He still is rewriting his records. In 2017 he had his personal best of 13.81m and won gold at the world championships. He has now become one of the most famous athletes in Germany and has been on several media events. He has a great character that will shine at Tokyo 2020.