Kortney Clemons

“Losing my leg was a hard pill to swallow,
but I do some things that people with two limbs are not able to do.”

Kortney Clemons was weeks away from finishing his tour in Iraq, when his unit came across  a group of wounded soldiers. A combat medic, Kortney rushed to assist, and an IED exploded, killing three and wounding Kortney.   His dream of becoming a professional football player was gone, but his love for sports turned his life around. Within two years of being injured, Kortney became the fastest 100 meter runner in the country for his disability category.  “I went from being embarrassed to wear shorts, to proudly displaying my injury.”  But to get to Beijing for the Paralympic Games,  Kortney has to catch up with the world’s fastest amputees who are years ahead of him in training.