298- Haven Shepherd
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Shepherd was born Do Thi Thuy Phuong  in March 2003 in Vietnam. When she was 14 months old, her father detonated a bomb that was meant to kill Shepherd and both her parents.^[1] She survived the blast, but suffered extensive burns and had both her lower legs amputated below the knee.^[2] On November 19, 2004, Shepherd was adopted by Shelly and Rob Shepherd of Carthage, Missouri.^[3] She attends local high school and competes both in disabled and regularly abled competitions.^[4]

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She is an alumnus of the NubAbility Foundation’s All-Sport Summer Camp program.^[5]

In 2014, Shepherd entered her first track and field race. She received a pair of Ossur running feet to improve her running capabilities. In 2016, Shepherd began swimming. ^[6]

She won two silver and one bronze medals in Lima, Peru in August 2019 as part of Team USA Parapan American Games.^[7] [8]In the 2018 World Para Swimming World Series she won 1st, 50m and 100m freestyle. In the 2017 Can-Am Open, Shepherd placed first in the 100 butterfly, 50 freestyle, 100 breaststroke, 200 IM, 100 freestyle.^[9]

She qualified for the Paralympics Emerging Swim Team and is expected to compete in the 2020 Tokyo or 2024 games.^[10][11]

Shepherd works as a model for Models of Diversity^[12] and also serves as a spokeswoman for the Challenged Athletes Foundation.^[13]đây là chuyện cô bé gốc Việt Đỗ Thị Phương bị cụt cả 2 chân lúc 1 tuổi vì cha mẹ ôm bom tự tử do nghịch cảnh tình yêu, nay trở thành nữ vận động viên Mỹ gốc Việt Haven Shepherd về người khuyết tật trong nhóm đại diện Hoa Kỳ dự Paralympic tại Thế vận hội Mùa đông Olympic 2018 ở Nam Hàn.

(Huệ Hương ST)