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Date of Birth: July 24, 1968 Amputation Level: Below the Knee Main Events: 100m, 200m, High Jump, Long Jump, 100m, 400m, Shot Put, Javelin Competitive Class: T44 / F44 / P44 Össur Products: Flex-Foot Cheetah®, Ceterus®, Vari-Flex®, Iceross Comfort® (opens in a new window)* Nationality: Swiss

Although a Paralympic athlete, Urs Kolly is no stranger to able-bodied competition. In fact he is a strong advocate for mixed ability training and competition. Kolly believes it is important to have a healthy and honest environment and not to be "immersed in the handicapped sector only".

Now working as an engineer, Kolly lost his right foot in a motorbike accident in 1989 while in military service. Initially, the skin on his residual limb was prone to wounds and, frustrated and depressed, he threw his first  prosthesis in a corner, finding it easier to hop and use crutches to get around.

But Kolly persevered. A keen sportsman, he started training again soon after leaving hospital and worked hard on perfecting his gait. Working out at the gym also helped to rebuild him physically and psychologically before his return to field sports.

Urs Kolly is the current World record holder in Pentathlon and European record holder for the Long Jump. At the Paralympics in Atlanta 1996, in Sydney (2000) as well as in Athens (2004) he won gold medals in both events. In Barcelona (1992) he won the gold medal for the discus. His grand total of Paralympic medals currently stands at 7 gold.

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