Spotlight: Mike Schultz

Mike Schultz of St. Cloud, Minnesota, is a snowboarder who suffered a compound fracture of his left knee after veering off course and flying off his snowmobile during a snocross race ten years ago. After several surgeries, his leg was amputated above the knee. Wanting to continue playing action sports, Schultz created his own prosthetic knee, the Moto Knee, which consists of a mountain bike shock and a linkage system for which he has a patent. He then won a motocross adaptive silver medal at the X Games and began snowboarding. Schultz founded BioDapt, Inc., a sports prosthetic company for extreme sports athletes, in 2010. In the same year, he became the first person to win gold medals at the X Games and Winter X Games; he was also inducted into the Athletes with Disabilities Network Hall of Fame in the United States. Schultz will compete at the Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, next week. His fellow snowboarders use the Moto Knee as well as the Versa Foot. Schultz is married with one daughter. To learn more about him, go to https://www.teamusa.org/para-snowboarding/athletes/Mike-Schultz.

Mike Schultz

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