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Joshua Sundquist is a Paralympian, a bestselling author and motivational speaker.〔(Christian City’s Annual Night of Hope planned for tomorrow ), The Citizen, May 19, 2010〕 He lost his left leg to Ewing's sarcoma at age nine and later became a Paralympic ski racer. His memoir, ''Just Don't Fall: How I Grew Up, Conquered Illness, and Made it Down the Mountain,'' was released in January 2010. ==Alpine ski racing== Six years after surviving a battle with cancer and losing his leg, Sundquist began ski racing. At age 17 he moved to Colorado to pursue the sport full-time.〔(TrendMasterGlobal ) "Josh Sundquist"〕 He trained and competed for six years, and in 2006 he was named to the United States Paralympic Ski Team and raced in the IX Paralympic Games, which were held in Turin, Italy that March. Sundquist competed in two alpine skiing events for men – slalom and giant slalom. He did not win any medals. After the Paralympics, Sundquist retired from professional racing and returned to Williamsburg, Virginia, where he graduated with a degree in business from The College of William and Mary's Mason School of Business the same year.〔(MyWire ) "W&M Business Student Josh Sundquist Selected for U.S. Paralympic Alpine Ski Team"〕 He later earned a Master's in Communications from the University of Southern California.〔(TrendMaxGlobal ) "Josh Sundquist"〕 After the Paralympics, he won the Body-for-Life contest in 2006. His ski-racing slogan is "1mt, 1mt" which stands for "1 More Thing, 1 More Time." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Josh Sundquist」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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