{"id":8607,"date":"2018-10-18T14:04:49","date_gmt":"2018-10-18T14:04:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adra.org\/?p=8607"},"modified":"2026-03-31T21:15:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T21:15:34","slug":"double-amputee-woman-to-complete-upcoming-new-york-city-full-marathon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adra.org\/de\/double-amputee-woman-to-complete-upcoming-new-york-city-full-marathon","title":{"rendered":"Doppelamputierte Frau absolviert demn\u00e4chst den New York City Full Marathon"},"content":{"rendered":"

Washington, DC (October 18, 2018)\u00a0<\/strong>\u2014 Brazilian athlete Adriele Silva, 31, looks forward to crossing the finish line at mile 26.2 of the 2018 TCS New York City Marathon on Sunday, November 4. The New York Road Runners, who has organized the race since 1970, believes she will be the first female double amputee to complete the New York City Full Marathon.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope to inspire people when they see me run and challenge them to go after things that seem unachievable,\u201d says Silva who will be running her first full marathon. \u201cWhere I come from, people often look down on you for having a disability, but I don\u2019t think about that. When I face a challenge, I look for ways to overcome it. I see the possibilities and that keeps me going.\u201d<\/p>\n

Watch video: https:\/\/youtu.be\/WdlStY0MLD4<\/a><\/p>\n

Silva will run as an outdoor ambassador for ADRA Connections, a volunteer program managed by the global charity the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA), and she will also be supported by American outdoor and sporting goods company, The North Face.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are extremely proud to support Adriele in this race, because she embodies ADRA\u2019s commitment to empowering individuals around the world to have a better life and providing new opportunities for underserved communities so they can thrive,\u201d says Adam Wamack, ADRA Connections manager. \u201cThrough Team ADRA Connections we want to encourage other athletes and sports enthusiasts to use sports to do good and invite others to be generous so that many vulnerable families can have better access to schools, improved housing, clean water, and other critical necessities.\u201d<\/p>\n

Motivated to push boundaries<\/strong><\/p>\n

Silva\u2019s road to the New York City Full Marathon began in 2012 when she went to a local hospital in her hometown of Jundiai, outside of S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil, after feeling severe pain. Having received pain medications, she was sent home. Overnight her situation worsened. She returned to the hospital the next day to find out that her problem was serious\u2014a kidney stone had clogged her urinary tract and caused an infection. Within hours, Silva was in an induced coma. For 20 days she remained comatose, her body fighting a losing battle against the bacteria. During that time, the infection led to a lack of blood circulation in her legs. To save her life, doctors had only one choice: to amputate her legs. They brought her out of the coma to get her consent to proceed with the amputation. Weeks later, when she was finally cleared of the infection after 64 days, the now bilateral amputee left the hospital to go learn to live again.<\/p>\n

\u201cBefore the amputation, I had no desire to run,\u201d she says. \u201cAfter it happened, I started getting more interested. I wanted to become normal again.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since then Silva has taken up running, cycling, swimming and other sports. She has participated in 20 running races in Brazil and in China where she recently completed the Great Wall Half Marathon in 2018.\u00a0In 2017, she was the first female bilateral amputee to run the Iron Man in Brazil. In addition, she remains the only bilateral amputee in Brazil to run the 100-yard dash, a record she set\u2014and still holds\u2014while wearing walking prosthetics. She is also making plans to learn to snowboard in order to compete one day in a Paralympics event.Silva trains every day, weight trains, and continues physical therapy to hone her running ability in the prosthetics.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s an honor to be part of such a great competition in New York, and to run with so many other good runners who have come to compete from many parts of the world,\u201d says Silva. \u201cThough I haven\u2019t won a race yet, I feel great knowing that I have the potential to run the distance, and that already makes me a champion.\u201d<\/p>\n

While in the U.S., Silva will race on behalf of ADRA Connections in the 25th Annual Aspen Medical Products San Diego Triathlon Challenge (SDTC), to be held Sunday, October 21 in La Jolla, California, participating in the 1-mile swim event followed by a 10-mile run. In November, she will also run The North Face Endurance Challenge, in San Francisco, California before returning to Brazil.\u00a0She will have several speaking engagements at various universities and faith-based communities in order to raise awareness about disabilities and encourage people to become active in sports and service.<\/p>\n

For more information:\u00a0adraconnections.org<\/a><\/p>\n

Facebook:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\/adraconnections<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Press contact:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kimi-Roux James
\nCommunications Specialist
\nThe Adventist Development and Relief Agency
\n301-273-4415 (mobile)
\nKimi-Roux.James@ADRA.org\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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