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Andrea Holmes (born 3 January 1982) is a former Canadian
Paralympic The Paralympic Games or Paralympics is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of disabilities. There are Winter and Summer Paralympic Games, which since the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Kore ...
athlete, para-athlete in long jump, alpine ski, 100m run and high jump, and a Paralympic torchbearer.


History

Holmes wears a
prosthetic In medicine, a prosthesis (: prostheses; from ), or a prosthetic implant, is an artificial device that replaces a missing body part, which may be lost through physical trauma, disease, or a condition present at birth (Congenital, congenital disord ...
on her left leg. She was born with
fibular hemimelia Fibular hemimelia or longitudinal fibular deficiency is "the Birth defect, congenital absence of the fibula and it is the most common congenital absence of long bone of the extremities." It is the shortening of the fibula at birth, or the complet ...
and her parents chose to amputate her left foot, so that she could have a more active lifestyle. As an athlete, she represented Canada from 2002 to 2007, winning a bronze medal for long jump at the Para-Pan American Games in 2007. She was also part of the BC Para-Alpine ski team, and placed third in 2008 in alpine. She has been the Canadian long jump champion four times, the 100m champion three times and holds a Canadian record in high jump. She is the subject of Coni Martin's short documentary My Favourite Leg, which was shown at the Vancouver International Women in Film Festival and
Langara College Langara College (snəw̓eyəɬ leləm̓ in ''Halkomelem'') is a public degree-granting college in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada which serves more than 19,000 students annually. Langara College started in 1965 as part of Vancouver Community ...
's Just Film Festival. The film premiered at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City as part of the United Nations Enable Film Festival. She was also a Paralympic torchbearer. Her coach was Victoria-based Ron Parker. Holmes completed a degree in International Business at the
University of Victoria The University of Victoria (UVic) is a public research university located in the municipalities of Oak Bay, British Columbia, Oak Bay and Saanich, British Columbia, Canada. Established in 1903 as Victoria College, British Columbia, Victoria Col ...
. After the 2010 Paralympics, Holmes retired from competition and became a banker, having taken part in the RBC Olympian program. She has a daughter. She has several prosthetic legs—for running, swimming, dress and everyday use.


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* 1982 births Living people Canadian female long jumpers Canadian female high jumpers Canadian female sprinters Canadian female alpine skiers Paralympic track and field athletes for Canada Paralympic alpine skiers for Canada Track and field athletes with limb difference Canadian disabled sportspeople Sportswomen with disabilities Medalists at the 2007 Parapan American Games 21st-century Canadian sportswomen Parapan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Parapan American Games bronze medalists for Canada {{Canada-alpine-skiing-bio-stub