After a phenomenal performance at the 2024 Para Athletics World Championships in Kobe, Japan, Team Össur Paralympic Athletes are set to compete at the Olympic Games Paris 2024. As a global leader in prosthetics and orthotics, Össur, is proudly sponsoring a lineup of elite Paralympic athletes that include Derek Loccident, Noelle Lambert, Mo Lahna, Femita Ayanbeku, Hunter Woodhall, and Beatriz Hatz.

While competing on the Össur Cheetah® prosthetic sports blades, the athletes captured a total of 14 medals at Worlds. Their achievements included 5 gold, 6 silver and 3 bronze plus set one new World Record at the 2024 Para Athletics World Championships.

Meet Team Össur Paralympic Athletes who Life Without Limitations®

Mo Lahna, a dedicated father and inspirational para-athlete, has already secured his spot in the Para Triathlon for Team USA at the 2024 Paris Paralympics. Known for his resilience and exceptional athleticism, Mo continues to inspire others through his achievements and his journey.
Following a life-altering amputation five years ago, Derek Loccident has soared to new heights in the world of Paralympic athletics, clinching Silver medals at both the U.S. Paralympics National Championships and the Para Athletics World Championships in 2023. With an unwavering dedication to his sport, Derek is ambitiously aiming to represent Team USA in five events at the Paris Paralympic Games, already boasting achievements including medals in high jump, long jump, and the 100m T64 category by 2024.
Noelle Lambert is a former collegiate lacrosse star who, after losing her leg in a moped accident, became the first above-knee amputee to play NCAA lacrosse and set a new U.S. record in the 100m T63 category. Off the track, she founded the Born to Run Foundation, which provides specialized prosthetics to children and young adults.
Born with fibular hemimelia, Hunter Woodhall faced early challenges that led to the amputation of both legs below the knee by the age of 11 months. Rising above adversity and mockery, he shattered barriers to become the first double below-knee amputee to receive an NCAA Division I track scholarship, achieving Silver and Bronze medals in the 2016 Paralympics in Rio.
Beatriz Hatz, born with limb difference due to fibular hemimelia, is a multi-gold medalist in track and field, having excelled in the 100m and long jump at the 2023 ParaPan American Games. She also coaches high school athletes and is working on a children’s book, inspiring others with her message that disabilities do not define individuals.
Femita Ayanbeku is the reigning U.S. Para-athletic National Champion and record-holder in the 100m sprint T64 category, aiming to become the fastest female amputee in the world. After losing her leg in a car accident at age 11, she transformed her life with a custom Össur Cheetah running blade and is now a powerful advocate for body positivity and resilience.

Össur’s Cheetah blades, renowned for their groundbreaking design and performance, are the technology behind many Paralympic victories. According to Sölvason, Össur’s iconic Cheetah sports prostheses continued to be the uncontested gold standard and dominant prosthesis-of-choice for the majority of world-class competitors at this year’s World Championships, including:

All seven competitors in the T64 women’s long jump category competed on Cheetah blades.
All five finalists in the women’s T64 200m sprint competed on Cheetah blades.
Seven out of the eight finalists in the men’s T64 100m race competed on Cheetah blades.
Two of the top three medalists in the men’s T63 100m competition competed on Cheetah blades.
All finalists in the men’s T64 200m competed on Cheetah blades.
Nine of the 13 competitors in the men’s T64 long jump competed on Cheetah blades; the other four athletes did not wear a prosthesis.

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