Mike Schultz (snowboarder)
American Paralympian (born 1981)
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Mike Schultz (born August 27, 1981)[1] is a Paralympic snowboarder and the founder of BioDapt Inc, a prosthetics business. He is a gold and two-time silver medalist in snowboarding at the Winter Paralympics.
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| Born | August 27, 1981 (age 45) Litchfield, Minnesota, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 140 lb (64 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Snowboarding | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Career
He was the flag-bearer for the United States at the 2018 Winter Paralympics Parade of Nations.[2] He lost his leg in 2008 in a snowmobile race.[3] He won gold and silver in Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Paralympics.[4] He later won the Best Male Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award.[5]
He won the silver medal in the men's dual banked slalom SB-LL1 event at the 2021 World Para Snow Sports Championships held in Lillehammer, Norway.[6][7] He also won the silver medal in the men's snowboard cross SB-LL1 event.[8][9]
He won the silver medal in the men's snowboard cross SB-LL1 event at the 2022 Winter Paralympics held in Beijing, China.[10]
