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| Amputee Amy Dodson Continues Winning Streak |
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Irvine, Calif. (September 23, 2004) - Amputee Amy Dodson Continues Winning Streak - Takes First Place In Her Division in Nautica Malibu Triathlon
IRVINE, CA Sep. 23, 2004 - Freedom Innovations Amputee Advocate Amy Dodson has out run her competition again, winning first place in the Women's Below-Knee Amputee/Challenged Athletes division of the 18th Annual 2004 Nautica Malibu Triathlon on September 19. Dodson competed against more than 1,000 other athletes in this sold-out event, including 19 participants in the Challenged Athletes division, crossing the finish line with a time of 2:30:20.
Sunday's race at Zuma Beach in Malibu, CA, included a half-mile swim in the choppy surf of the Pacific Ocean, an 18-mile bike ride along the famous Pacific Coast Highway, and a four-mile run to Point Dume and back. The race was a part of Paralympics Development Team training, in which Dodson is one of 12 athletes who compete in triathlons nation wide, with the goal of including the Triathlon in the 2008 Paralympics in Beijing.
Prior to the Nautica Malibu, Dodson took first place in her division in the 2004 Accenture Chicago Triathlon on Aug. 29. Dodson beat out Sandy Dukat, a member of the Paralympics ski team, to win her division of the event, finishing the race with a winning time of 3:15.
Dodson resides in Adrian, MI, and joined Freedom Innovations in April 2004 as part of its Amputee Advocate program. She wears a Freedom Innovations sprinter foot and "renegade" foot (depending on the activity) when competing in marathons and triathlons. In addition to her athletic endeavors, Dodson provides feedback to Freedom on its running products, so it can continue to provide the best and most innovative prosthetic feet possible. She also gives motivational speeches at a variety of professional and athletic events in the Midwest. Dodson is a member of the Challenged Athletes Foundation (CAF), where she helps raise awareness of the organization and serves as a role model to disabled athletes.
Dodson, 42, lost her left leg and lower lobe of her left lung to cancer (undifferentiated sarcoma) in 1983 and began distance running 15 years later. In 1999 she began running marathons, and in 2003 began competing in triathlons, capturing the gold medal in the 5000 meter at the DSUSA National Games in 1999. She also won the Amputee National Half-Marathon Championship (Silver Strand Half Marathon held in San Diego, CA) in 2000, 2001 and 2002.
Having run ten marathons to date, Dodson set the world record in October 2002 at the St. George, Utah, Marathon. At this marathon, she outpaced the former record, set by Lindsay Nielsen in 1999, by over 24 minutes. As a newcomer to triathlons, Dodson won the gold medal in her division in the ITU World Championship Olympic Distance Triathlon held in Queenstown, New Zealand, in December 2003.
Dodson's current statistics stand as:
5k: 22:28
Half-marathon: 1:51:06
Marathon: 3:53:21
Olympic Distance Triathlon: 2:57:57
About Freedom Innovations
Freedom Innovations, an advanced prosthetics manufacturer, supplies prosthetists with products that create revolutions in motion and freedom of activity. Based in Irvine, California, the Freedom and Revolution Series of prosthetic devices are available to purchase factory-direct and through distributors. Freedom Innovations' toll-free number is (888) 818-6777. Visit online at www.freedom-innovations.com. |
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