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 town in Cumberland County, Maine. The population was 8,473 at the time of the 2020 census. It is part of the Portland metropolitan area, Maine. Cumberland is one of the wealthiest municipalities in the state.
History
Cumberla ...
.
When she was eight years old, because of a
congenital
A birth defect, also known as a congenital disorder, is an abnormal condition that is present at birth regardless of its cause. Birth defects may result in disabilities that may be physical, intellectual, or developmental. The disabilities can ...
bone defect,
Proximal Focal Femoral Disorder (PFFD), her right leg was
amputated
Amputation is the removal of a limb 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 carried out on indivi ...
.
Lowery attended
Gould Academy
Gould Academy is a private, co-ed, college preparatory boarding and 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 organization as trustees of the ...
.
Lowery represented the United States in the
2010 Paralympic Games in
Vancouver
Vancouver ( ) is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the List of cities in British Columbia, most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the ...
. She took seventh place in the
slalom
To slalom is to zigzag between obstacles. It may refer to:
Sports
;Alpine skiing and/or snowboarding
* Slalom skiing, an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline
* Giant slalom, an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline
* Super-G ...
and ninth place in the
giant slalom
Giant slalom (GS) is an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline. It involves skiing between sets of poles ("gates") spaced at a greater distance from each other than in slalom but less than in Super-G.
Giant slalom and slalom make up t ...
.
Lowery's first
open-water swimming
Open water swimming is a swimming discipline which takes place in outdoor bodies of water such as open oceans, lakes, and rivers.
The beginning of the modern age of open water human swimming, swimming is sometimes taken to be May 3, 1810, when L ...
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 of the United States
Year of birth missing (living people)
Alpine skiers at the 2010 Winter Paralympics
Living people