Saturday, September 01, 2012 11:42:42 AM
World Class Paralympian OKSANA BROWN: Pain and Elegance
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She had a childhood out of Dickens and rose to be a world-class Paralympian. What propelled her to greatness?
By Katya Cengel
Photography by Simon Bruty
Southwest Airlines Spirit Magazine
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Oksana Masters
Oksana Masters was adopted at the age of 7 years old, from an orphanage in the Ukraine. She is a bilateral above knee amputee as a result of birth deformities from radiation poisoning inuterio. At the age of 13 she began rowing. Oksana holds many first place medals over the years in adaptive rowing, including ten gold medals from the Bayada Regatta. She competed twice at the Head of the Hooch with a first place finishes as well. Notably, Oksana was the first adaptive rower in the Indiana Head of the Eagle where she competed in the open women single race and won.
She also rowed in the Head of the Ohio in the 2x adaptive division and finished second against slide seat rowers. In 2009 she set a world record at the CRASH B Sprints World Indoor Rowing Championship with a time of 4:27. With her current rowing partner Rob Jones, they rowed the Head of the Anacostia achieving a first place win. Oksana is an amazing young woman who has lived through and achieved more than many can even imagine. Through rowing, Oksana finds peace and healing on the water as well as strives for her dream of competing in the Paralympics.
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http://www.spiritmag.com/features/article/oksana/
VIDEO:
http://video.search.yahoo.com/video/play;_ylt=A0S00Mq9IkJQDiwAijH7w8QF;_ylu=X3oDMTBzNjZocWljBHNlYwNkZC1zbG90cwRzbGsDaHF2aWQEdnRpZAM-?p=paralympics+2012&vid=00014092652&l=2%3A54&turl=http%3A%2F%2Fd2.yimg.com%2Fsr%2Fvideo%2Fthm-300x300%2F30355684&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fscreen.yahoo.com%2Flouisville-paralympian-goes-for-gold-after-abuse-amputations-30355685.html&tit=+Louisville+Paralympian+goes+for+gold+after+abuse%2C+amputations&c=9&sigr=132lvd4vh&pid=30355685&&type=ono&mid=1998713178&sr=nw
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She had a childhood out of Dickens and rose to be a world-class Paralympian. What propelled her to greatness?
By Katya Cengel
Photography by Simon Bruty
Southwest Airlines Spirit Magazine
Follow Oksana on Twitter
Be Oksana's friend on Facebook
Oksana Masters
Oksana Masters was adopted at the age of 7 years old, from an orphanage in the Ukraine. She is a bilateral above knee amputee as a result of birth deformities from radiation poisoning inuterio. At the age of 13 she began rowing. Oksana holds many first place medals over the years in adaptive rowing, including ten gold medals from the Bayada Regatta. She competed twice at the Head of the Hooch with a first place finishes as well. Notably, Oksana was the first adaptive rower in the Indiana Head of the Eagle where she competed in the open women single race and won.
She also rowed in the Head of the Ohio in the 2x adaptive division and finished second against slide seat rowers. In 2009 she set a world record at the CRASH B Sprints World Indoor Rowing Championship with a time of 4:27. With her current rowing partner Rob Jones, they rowed the Head of the Anacostia achieving a first place win. Oksana is an amazing young woman who has lived through and achieved more than many can even imagine. Through rowing, Oksana finds peace and healing on the water as well as strives for her dream of competing in the Paralympics.
[. . . ]
http://www.spiritmag.com/features/article/oksana/
VIDEO:
http://video.search.yahoo.com/video/play;_ylt=A0S00Mq9IkJQDiwAijH7w8QF;_ylu=X3oDMTBzNjZocWljBHNlYwNkZC1zbG90cwRzbGsDaHF2aWQEdnRpZAM-?p=paralympics+2012&vid=00014092652&l=2%3A54&turl=http%3A%2F%2Fd2.yimg.com%2Fsr%2Fvideo%2Fthm-300x300%2F30355684&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fscreen.yahoo.com%2Flouisville-paralympian-goes-for-gold-after-abuse-amputations-30355685.html&tit=+Louisville+Paralympian+goes+for+gold+after+abuse%2C+amputations&c=9&sigr=132lvd4vh&pid=30355685&&type=ono&mid=1998713178&sr=nw
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