Stef reidDINNAY AND CLARABELLE

About Stef ReidAge: 27Country: Born in new Zealand, grew up in

Canada, and lives in Great BritainSport athletics

Disability: she lost her leg

HOW SHE LOST HER LEGIn Canada [where Stef grew up] they have a thing called ‘tubing’ where you attach an inner tube to a motorboat. The point is to go very fast and then you fall off and they come back and pick you up.I saw the boat coming in the distance and thought they were coming to pick me up. Too late I realised they had not seen me.

The propellers caught me across my lower back. The water around me was blood red. I thought I had been cut in half. The next issue was that we were three hours away from a half-decent hospital.Unfortunately the leg was so mangled that it had to be amputated. So I was really thankful to be alive. But with my love for sport, I was absolutely devastated. The stuff that you love to do, you are told that you cannot do it any more.

Long jumpLong jump is a jumping game what you do is first you get a run off . second you jump off one of the colours on the mat. Third when you have jumped you land on the sand.

How did Stef get into her sport?She was playing rugby but now she plays

athletics because she likes athletics more.

Career HiglightsShe got a silver in long jump.

How has God been involved in her life?She did not know god. She had never

asked him what his plan was for her life. She didn’t come from a Christian family but she went to a Christian school. She remembered God when she was in the ambulance and so she started praying for God to give her a second chance.