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Track and field athletes with limb difference

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This list has 9 sub-lists and 36 members. See also Track and field athletes with disabilities, Competitors in athletics with limb difference
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  • Aimee Mullins
    Aimee Mullins American athlete, actress, and fashion model
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    Aimee Mullins (born July 20, 1975) is an American athlete, actress, and public speaker. She was born with a medical condition that resulted in the amputation of both of her lower legs. She competed against able-bodied athletes in National Collegiate Athletic Association events, and competed in the Paralympics in 1996 in Atlanta. In 1999 she began modeling, and in 2002 she began an acting career.
  • Oscar Pistorius
    Oscar Pistorius South African double-amputee runner
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    Oscar Leonard Carl Pistorius (born 22 November 1986) is a South African convicted murderer and former professional sprinter. Both of his feet were amputated when he was 11 months old owing to a congenital defect; he was born missing the outside of both feet and both fibulae. Pistorius ran in both nondisabled sprint events and in sprint events for below-knee amputees. He was the 10th athlete to compete at both the Paralympic Games and Olympic Games.
  • Jonnie Peacock
    Jonnie Peacock British athlete
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    Jonathan Peacock, MBE (born 28 May 1993) is an English sprint runner. An amputee, Peacock won gold at the 2012 Summer Paralympics and 2016 Summer Paralympics, representing Great Britain in the T44 men's 100 metres event.
  • Hollie Arnold
    Hollie Arnold Paralympic Welsh athlete
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    Hollie Beth Arnold, MBE (born 26 June 1994) is a British parasport athlete competing in category F46 javelin. Although born in Grimsby, she now lives and trains in Loughborough. She represents Wales in the Commonwealth Games. Arnold was the youngest ever field athlete to ever compete in the Paralympics/Olympics, at the age of 14 at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing throwing a personal best. She also threw a personal best in 2012 Summer Paralympics in London. She took the gold medal in the F46 javelin in the 2016 Summer Paralympics at Rio, also throwing a new world record at the same time. In 2018, she became the first ever Javelin thrower in history to hold all four major titles in the same Paralympic/Olympic 4-year cycle: Rio Paralympics and world record 2016, London World Championships and world record 2017, Berlin European Championships and course record 2018 and Gold Coast Commonwealth Games and world record 2018. She also holds four consecutive world titles: 2013 Lyon, 2015 Doha, 2017 London, and 2019 Dubai.
  • Danny Crates
    Danny Crates British paralympic athlete
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    Daniel Brian Crates (born 9 February 1973) is a former British athlete, who specialised in 800m sprinting. He is a former Paralympic world record holder in this event, and won gold medals in a number of international competitions, including the Paralympic Games, European Championships and World Championships. He also plays competitive rugby and is a qualified diving instructor.
  • Richard Whitehead
    Richard Whitehead British athlete
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    Richard Whitehead MBE (born 19 July 1976) is a British athlete. He runs with prosthetic legs, as he has a double through-knee congenital amputation.
  • Yazmith Bataz
    Yazmith Bataz Mexican Paralympic athlete
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    Yazmith Bataz Carballo (born April 5, 1972), is a Mexican athlete specializing in 100 meter, 200 meter, and 400 meter events.
  • Noah Galloway American former soldier and motivational speaker
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    Noah Matthew Galloway (born October 28, 1981) is a former United States Army soldier, motivational speaker, and extreme sports enthusiast. He was injured during the Iraq War, losing his left arm above the elbow and left leg above the knee. He was a contestant on Dancing with the Stars season 20, paired with Sharna Burgess. The pair finished in third place. He led his team to victory in the first season of the American Grit TV show on FOX. His book Living with No Excuses: The Remarkable Rebirth of an American Soldier was released in August 2016. Made an appearance on the Cross Over with Ted Davis, Dario Melendez and Armen Saryan on May 8, 2020. An Emmy award sports talk radio show based in Milwaukee, WI.
  • Anrune Liebenberg
    Anrune Liebenberg South African Paralympic athlete
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    Anrune Liebenberg (born 3 November 1992) is a South African para-athlete. She took up athletics in 2010. With her left arm amputated below the elbow, she competes in the T47 disability class. At the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships she came second in the 400 m but placed sixth in the 200 m. In 2012, she won two medals at the London Paralympics, namely silver in the 400 m and bronze in the 200 m. Later that year these medals were stolen while she was at an airport. At the 2013 World Championships she came second in both the 200 m and the 400 m.
  • Arnu Fourie
    Arnu Fourie South African Paralympic athlete
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    Arnu Fourie (born 24 April 1985) is a South African Paralympian athlete who runs in the T44 class. His is a single-below-the-knee amputee.
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