Episode 019: With the postponement of the 2020 Summer Olympics and Paralympics, I wanted to honor the amazing women in sport. So, I’m launching The Female Elite Olympic and Paralympic Series. This series will share the incredible stories of how these women made it to the Olympic and Paralympic level and what it took to get there.
Michelle Konkoly is a four time Paralympic medalist in the Rio 2016 Games. Gold (50m free, 100m free), silver (34 pt. 4x100m freestyle relay), bronze (34 pt. 4x100m medley relay). She grew up swimming as an able-bodied athlete and competed in high school on state level relay teams. She returned to the sport 2011 after falling out of a window from a five-story dorm building at Georgetown University. She sustained an injury to her spine, a broken foot and a punctured lung. While attending Georgetown University, she won several awards including Most Resilient Female Athlete, The John Hensler Award for Most Improved Female Swimmer, Princeton University’s 'Big Al' Inspirational Swimmer Award and was named in the Big East All-Academic Team. She is currently in medical school at Thomas Jefferson University.
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IG: @michellekonkoly
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