Amped: A Soldier's Race for Gold in the Shadow of War
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When above-the-knee amputees walk, we generate seven to nine times the force of our body weight right into the point where the prosthesis meets our residual leg. For me, that's almost 1,500 pounds slamming into that socket.
For any amputee, learning to walk with a prosthetic leg is a painful, grueling ordeal. Soon after army medic Kortney Clemons, who lost his right leg to a roadside bomb in Baghdad, began the process, he had more than walking in mind. He wanted to run, and run fast. Barely three years after the awful attack that changed his life forever, he aimed to join the elite corps of international athletes vying for gold in the 2008 Paralympics in Beijing. His account of his recovery from this catastrophic wound and his drive to become the first Iraq veteran to win Paralympic gold is one of the most remarkable, inspiring, and compelling stories in the history of sports.
For any amputee, learning to walk with a prosthetic leg is a painful, grueling ordeal. Soon after army medic Kortney Clemons, who lost his right leg to a roadside bomb in Baghdad, began the process, he had more than walking in mind. He wanted to run, and run fast. Barely three years after the awful attack that changed his life forever, he aimed to join the elite corps of international athletes vying for gold in the 2008 Paralympics in Beijing. His account of his recovery from this catastrophic wound and his drive to become the first Iraq veteran to win Paralympic gold is one of the most remarkable, inspiring, and compelling stories in the history of sports.
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Book details
- Author
- Kortney Clemons, Bill Briggs
- Imprint
- Trade Paper Press, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Pages
- 288
- Formats
- Paperback, Hardcover
- Subjects
- Sports & Recreation › Track & Field
- Topics
- amputee memoir · prosthetics · Paralympic athletes · military injury recovery · track and field · Iraq War veterans · disability sports
- ISBN-13
- 9781630260422 (Paperback)9781630268725 (Hardcover)
About the author
KORTNEY CLEMONS is an Iraq War veteran, Purple Heart recipient, and Paralympic athlete. He is the co-author of Amped: A Soldier’s Race for Gold in the Shadow of War, written with Bill Briggs.
Clemons is the first Iraq War veteran to qualify for the U.S. Paralympic team, competing in the 100m, 200m, and long jump. He attended Penn State University through their Ability Athlete program.
When not writing, Clemons continues to compete as a Paralympic athlete, representing veterans who have sustained combat injuries. His journey from losing his right leg above the knee to the Paralympic stage was documented in the 2009 documentary Warrior Champions.