Luba Lowery is a Russian-born American
paralympic
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athlete. Lowery represented the
United States
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in the
2010 Paralympic Games. Lowery has been involved in both competitive skiing and swimming.
Biography
Lowery was born in
Russia
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and was
adopted
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when she was four years old.
She grew up in
Cumberland, Maine
Cumberland is a New England town, town in Cumberland County, Maine, Cumberland County, Maine, United States. The population was 8,473 at the time of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is part of the Portland metropolitan area, Maine. ...
.
When she was eight years old, because of a
congenital
A birth defect is an abnormal condition that is present at childbirth, birth, regardless of its cause. Birth defects may result in disability, disabilities that may be physical disability, physical, intellectual disability, intellectual, or dev ...
bone defect,
Proximal Focal Femoral Disorder (PFFD), her right leg was
amputated
Amputation is the removal of a limb or other body part by trauma, medical illness, or surgery. As a surgical measure, it is used to control pain or a disease process in the affected limb, such as malignancy or gangrene. In some cases, it is ...
.
Lowery attended
Gould Academy
Gould Academy is a private, co-ed, college preparatory boarding school, boarding and day school, day school founded in 1836 and located in the small town of Bethel, Maine, United States.
History
In 1835 citizens of Bethel, Maine, formed an organi ...
.
Lowery represented the United States in the
2010 Paralympic Games in
Vancouver
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. She took seventh place in the
slalom and ninth place in the
giant slalom
Giant slalom (GS) is an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding competitive discipline. It involves racing between sets of poles ("gates") spaced at a greater distance from each other than in Slalom skiing, slalom but less than in Super-G.
Giant sl ...
.
Lowery's first
open-water swimming race took place in 2015, where she came in 42nd in women's times and 118th overall.
In October 2015, she was inducted into the Maine Ski Hall of Fame.
References
External links
Interview
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People from Cumberland, Maine
Paralympic alpine skiers for the United States
Year of birth missing (living people)
Alpine skiers at the 2010 Winter Paralympics
Living people
21st-century American sportswomen