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    Falling to New Heights | Michelle Konkoly | TEDxJeffersonU

    rokurBy rokurNovember 19, 2019No Comments1 Min Read
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    Learn how one woman’s persistence and determination led her to the 2016 Rio de Janiero Paralympic Games after a traumatic set-back. Michelle Konkoly is a third-year medical student at Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, and a survivor of a traumatic spinal cord injury in 2011. Prior to beginning medical school, Michelle trained full-time as a professional swimmer, and represented Team USA at the 2016 Rio de Janiero Paralympic Games, where she won 4 medals and set a World Record. Michelle speaks about her triumphant story of overcoming incredible odds, and how the lessons she learned as a patient inform her training as a future physician. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community.

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    Production engineer and certified swim coach. Full-time IT consultant, spare-time swimming aficionado. 2 sons, 2 daughters and a wife. President of the Faroe Islands Aquatics Federation. Likes to run :-)

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