Sandra "Sandy" Dukat was born on May 3,1972 and is an American Paralympic athlete.
12 Facts About Sandy Dukat
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Sandy Dukat has competed internationally in alpine skiing, swimming and triathlon.
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Sandy Dukat played basketball, high-jumped and was on her high school swim team.
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Sandy Dukat was named to the US Disabled Swim Team in 1998.
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Sandy Dukat started to ski in the RIC Paralympic Sports Program, then committed to training 6 months of each year at the National Sports Center for the Disabled in Colorado.
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Sandy Dukat won two bronze medals for alpine skiing at the 2002 Winter Paralympics in Salt Lake City and one bronze medal at the 2006 Winter Paralympics in Turin.
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Sandy Dukat turned to triathlon as a way to keep motivated and active during the skiing off-season.
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Sandy Dukat was on the USA Triathlon Physically Challenged National Team in 2008.
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Sandy Dukat won the Women's Above Knee division of the USA Triathlon Paratriathlon National Championships in 2007,2008,2009 and 2010.
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Sandy Dukat became 2008 World Champion in her above knee impairment classification, and was named 2008 USA Triathlon Paratriathlete of the Year.
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Sandy Dukat was paced by training partner and below-knee amputee world record holder Amy Palmiero-Winters.
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In 2007, Sandy Dukat was one of five disabled female alpine skiers who climbed Mount Kilimanjaro as a fundraiser, starting a scholarship program for disabled female alpine skiers at the National Sports Center for the Disabled in Colorado.