Disability:

Scott Winkler was serving with the U.S. military in Tikrit, Iraq when an accident while unloading a munitions truck left him paralyzed below the waist.

Ability:

His motto is “if you believe it, you can achieve it”, and since being paralyzed in Iraq, Scott is doing just that.

"I fought for my country. Now I win for it." said Scott, "It's a great honor." Scott was invited to compete with the U.S. Paralympics Elite team, has set U.S. and world records in adaptive shot-put. He holds the American record in the shot and discus and qualified for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. Scott founded Champions Made from Adversity (CMA) with a few fellow soldiers and friends. “I finally found my reason for being disabled," he says.