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Amy Purdy faced a life changing illness that nearly took her life and left her with a two prosthetics legs as an everyday reminder of her near-death experience.
In her not-to-be-missed presentation “Living Beyond Limits”, this self-proclaimed ‘Fembot’ shares her remarkable story and weaves the themes of creativity, innovation, peak performance, and her personal mantra of ‘Inspiration is Contagious’, into an emotional rollercoaster of powerful storytelling that will take you from tears to cheers and redefine what it means to be inspired.
A featured TEDx speaker who has been viewed over two million times, Purdy is undoubtedly one of the most inspiring speakers of her generation!
Biography
Amy Purdy has lived an incredible life. She grew up with the love of Nature, health wellness and travel. She was also a passionate snowboarder. At 19, her life took a detour. After experiencing flu-like symptoms, Amy was rushed to the hospital in a state of septic shock. When she entered into the hospital she was given less than a 2% chance of survival, put on life support and placed into a coma.
After multiple blood transfusions, and the removal of her ruptured spleen, doctors diagnosed Amy with Meningococcal Meningitis, a vaccine preventable bacterial infection. Due to the lack of circulation she had suffered, doctors had to amputate her legs below the knee. She later received a donated kidney from her father a week before her 21st birthday.
After going through this life-altering experience, Amy challenged herself to move on with her life and attain goals that even those who have both legs struggle to achieve.She is one of the top ranked adaptive snowboarders in the world,the 2014 Sochi Paralympic bronze medalist and is currently the only double-leg amputee competing in snowboarding at the world-class level.
Amy’s creativity, positive outlook and her never-give-up attitude have opened doors to many other opportunities, including being featured in a Madonna music video, a lead actress role in an award-winning independent film and multiple creative modeling projects including a photo shoot with musician and artist Nikki Sixx where her legs were custom made from steel to look like ice picks.
Amy Purdy has evolved into a powerful inspirational and motivational speaker who has been seen by millions of people and invited to share her story to audiences around the world. Amy’s TED x Orange Coast talk, “Living Beyond Limits” is the number one recommended video by TED x OC to incoming TED speakers formulating their own presentations.
Amy’s story and images have been featured in numerous national and international publications, and in 2012 she and her longtime boyfriend, Daniel Gale, raced around the world on CBS’s The Amazing Race.
In May of 2013, Amy was named by the International Olympic Committee as one of the top 15 most marketable para-athletes in the world.
Although Amy Purdy has numerous accomplishments, she is most proud of co-founding Adaptive Action Sports with her husband Daniel Gale. Created in 2005, AAS is a non-profit organization that helps those with permanent disabilities get involved in action sports. AAS has partnered with ESPN and runs “adaptive” action sport competitions at the summer and winter ESPN X Games. These events were instrumental in getting adaptive snowboarding added to the 2014 Paralympic Games.
In the spring of 2014, Amy inspired millions of fans with her stunning performances on ABC’s Dancing With The Stars, eventually becoming the show’s runner-up. Amy has launched a line of clothing partnership with Element Eden The Amy Purdy Collection” and recently completed her first book New York Times Best Seller “On My Own Two Feet.”
Amy also recently shared her remarkable story alongside Oprah Winfrey, as part of Oprah’s The Life You Want Tour. Where she toured with Oprah sharing the stage through cities across America.
Amy was also featured in a Superbowl Commercial for her partner Toyota which aired just after kickoff. The commercial fettered Amy Running, Dancing, Snowboarding, modeling and speaking all to the voice of the great Mohammad Ali and his ” How Great I am” speech.
When it comes to overcoming obstacles, Amy Purdy exceeds all expectations and shatters every limitation in her way. Here’s a little background: at the age of 19, Purdy was admitted into the hospital after an initial illness. While in the hospital, she experienced respiratory and multiple organ failure, which caused her to lose circulation to her extremities. Shortly put, Amy Purdy went from having a 2% survival rate to now becoming the runner up contestant on Dancing with the Stars. Purdy’s story of survival is an inspiration to many.
Just merely three months after her kidney transplant, Purdy entered the USASA National Snowboarding Championship, and the rest was history. Since then, Amy Purdy has gone on to embark on a successful career as an athlete, author, and keynote speaker. Her athletic achievements have earned her numerous accolades and has made her an inspiration to millions of people around the world who watched anxiously as she broke every barrier set before her.
In her keynote presentations, she moves her audiences with her message: that “there is always a way to be made out of no way!” Her platform of pushing boundaries applies to individuals and organizations of all levels who need that extra push to be amazing. Furthermore, Purdy’s life story shatters the stereotypical image of success, as her keynote presentations show audiences that no matter who you are, where you come from, or what circumstances you are in, you can always succeed.
For more information on booking Amy Purdy for one of your events, check out her page on our website or call our office at 1.800.345.5607.
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Amy Purdy: Keynote Speaker
Love for Snowboarding Conquers All
How to Live Beyond Your Limits
Survivor, 3-Time Paralympic Medalist, NY Times Best Selling Author, “Dancing with the Stars
We all face challenges and obstacles in pursuit of our personal and business dreams. For most of us, those are day to day frustrations to which we often attribute far more weight than we should. For others, like Amy Purdy, those obstacles can include a life changing illness that nearly took her life and left her with a two prosthetics legs as an everyday reminder of her near-death experience. This not-to-be-missed session, in which this self-proclaimed ‘Fembot’ shares her remarkable story, weaves in the themes of creativity, visualization, peak performance and her personal mantra of ‘Inspiration is Contagious’ into an emotional rollercoaster of powerful storytelling that will take you from tears to cheers and redefine what it means to be inspired.
After this Session You’ll:
Be a fan of Amy Purdy.
See your own obstacles as opportunities from which to push off of to drive yourself new heights.
Never look at a person with a disability the same way again.
“Amy is extremely personable, sweet and honest in her delivery – like she is just talking with someone, not standing before an audience. Her story is one of such courage, strength and persistence in the face of very daunting circumstances. The theme of our meeting was “Winners Never Quit” and we couldn’t have chosen a better speaker!”
— Bruster’s Ice Cream, Inc.
“I finally have the ratings from our conference compiled and wanted to pass along Amy’s ratings and the comments on her presentation. Can you please pass these along to her? These are some of the best ratings we have ever had for a speaker. Amy was certainly a hit with our members. She couldn’t have been nicer to everyone who met her either. Whether it be walking to the session or at the book signing, she took time to chat with all.”
— Club Managers Association of America
“Amy’s presentation was one of the major highlights of our event. She captured everyone in the audience with her amazing story. Our group was so inspired that she had thousands of people on their feet for a standing ovation not only at the end of her presentation, but IN THE MIDDLE of it! She was absolutely lovely and easy-going to work with. We loved how she connected with our audience and we have received lots of excellent feedback about her session.”
— Le-Vel Brands LLC
After every event we send out a survey to our attendees, and I just wanted to pass along some feedback specifically about Amy. She was a huge hit, and resonated with our audience like few speakers I’ve ever seen in my 25 years of producing events. I’m so grateful we found her. Below is her rating, and direct quotes we received in the survey:
· 4.92 / 5 rating
· Best motivational speaker ever!
· I really enjoyed Amy Purdy – she was such an inspiration and a great way to kick off the Summit
· Amy Purdy was by far the highlight of the Summit!
· Amy Purdy’s keynote was the absolute highlight for me. I definitely think about my approach to difficult situations differently since hearing her inspirational story. Thank you so much for giving us the gift of Amy!
· Amy Purdy was the highlight of the entire week
· Amy Purdy was exceptional
Many thanks for recommending Amy!
— MBO Partners
“Amy Purdy was amazing. She was easy to work with, flexible, had a great
inspiring story, and was our most highly rated Keynote this year. I would 100%
recommend her for anyone looking for a fantastic storyteller with an
inspirational story. We donated 30k to her non Profit.”
