Anne Abernathy (born April 12, 1953) is a luge athlete from the United States Virgin Islands and is the oldest female athlete to compete in the Winter Olympics. The 2006 Winter Olympics were her sixth.
Despite her age, she is a consistent competitor with frequent World Cup podium finishes, and she is consistently ranked in the top 20 world rankings. She is known within luge circles as “Grandma Luge.” …
OK, I’m impressed. … Especially that a Luge Olympian can live in the Virgin Islands. 🙂
shergymrag mentioned this inspirational athlete because of her use of a new medical therapy.
… Abernathy suffered a serious accident during a World Cup race in Altenberg, Germany in January 2001 that resulted in a severe brain injury. To recover from the injury, she used an alternative medicine treatment involving controlling rockets in a video game through electrical impulses from brain waves, a therapy designed to help her retrain her brain to compensate for the damaged areas.
The therapy was successful and Abernathy was able to return to competition in time to qualify for the 2002 Winter Olympics. The story of Abernathy’s crash and recovery was featured on the Discovery Health Channel series Impact: Stories of Survival. …
Wow.
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