Melanie Schwartz

Mel (aoprt.ca, 17 Feb 2013)

Cycling, cooking. (teamusa.org, 07 Mar 2018)

Swiss alpine skier Didier Cuche. (aoprt.ca, 17 Feb 2013)

"All things are possible, except for skiing through a revolving door." (canadianathletesnow.ca, 31 Dec 2010)

She took part in the torch relay ahead of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver. She skied her leg of the relay at the Blue Mountain resort in Canada. (simcoe.com, 29 Dec 2009)

To compete at the 2018 Paralympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang. (Twitter profile, 21 Jul 2017)

She is a congenital leg amputee, and is also missing most of her right hip. (teamusa.org, 14 Oct 2013)

COMPETING FOR UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
She is a dual citizen of Canada and United States of America. She previously represented Canada at international level, including at the 2010 Paralympic Winter Games in Vancouver, but switched to compete for United States of America. "Coming from the Canadian team, my new American teammates had some expectations for me. When I first joined the team I was told that I needed to learn all 32 NFL [National Football League] teams. I was a little baffled this would be the top priority for American knowledge. I quickly memorised all the teams and have been subject to random NFL testing. More recently, I was instructed to learn The Star-Spangled Banner [US national anthem]. I'm surprised this requirement was a lower priority than the NFL teams but I finally learned it." (teamusa.org, 14 Oct 2013)