SEVERANCE, Colo. — A 5th-grade amputee in Severance continues to marvel in athletics as she’s now picked up snowboarding after competing nationally in track and field this past year.
Carmen Wilkey, 11, recently trained at the Ski Spectacular in Breckenridge for adaptive athletes and Paralympians.
“They just sent her out a new snowboarding leg that she’s trying out, so that’s incredible,” said Carmen’s dad, Mike Wilkey. “So – she has three brand new legs.”
Denver7 first introduced you to Carmen, then 10, and her family last summer as she was training for Nationals in track and field.
“In her first season, she set the record for her gender, age group and classification,” Mike Wilkey said. “The national record.”
Carmen was born with fibular hemimelia.
“I didn’t have my (left) fibula or my ankle or my pinky toe, so like this whole entire side – it didn’t develop,” Carmen Wilkey explained.
“So, the doctors had to remove it,” Mike Wilkey said.
Catching up with Carmen Wilkey: 11-year-old amputee who continues to amaze in athletics