Samuel Grewe (born June 10, 1998) is an American Paralympic high jumper. Grewe contracted osteosarcoma aged 13 which resulted in a pseudo-amputation procedure called a rotationplasty being performed on his right leg. Grewe jumped for the University of Notre Dame Track and Field Team, where he studied Pre-Med and resided in Fisher Hall on campus.[1][2] As of 2022, Grewe attends the University of Michigan Medical School. Outside of athletics, Grewe is also a motivational speaker, including a TED Talk that he delivered in February of 2022.
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| Full name | Samuel Grewe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Sam | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | American | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | June 10, 1998 Goshen, Indiana, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 165 lb (75 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Paralympic athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability | Osteosarcoma | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | T42 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | High Jump | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Great Lakes Adaptive Sports Association (GLASA), Chicago, Illinois | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Kyle Mishler (personal) Jeremy Fischer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early life edit
Samuel (Sam) Grewe was born and raised in Middlebury, IN. He was a student in the Middlebury Community Schools system and attended Northridge High School, where he graduated in the class of 2017. During the basketball season of his 7th grade year, he began to experience a sharp pain in his right knee, which he originally attributed to growing pains. However, on Christmas Eve of 2011, the pain in his knee was diagnosed as osteosarcoma. He underwent 21 sessions of chemotherapy to treat the disease. He also chose to have his leg amputated via a rare procedure called rotationplasty. This choice was based on his belief that it would give him the best chance of returning to sports.
References edit
- ^ "Samuel Grewe - Athlete Profile". Team USA. June 29, 2019. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015.
- ^ "Sam Grewe - Athlete Bio (One to Watch)". International Paralympic Committee. June 29, 2019.
External links edit
- Samuel Grewe at Team USA (archived)
- Samuel Grewe at the University of Notre Dame
- Sam Grewe at the International Paralympic Committee
- Sam Grewe at IPC.InfostradaSports.com (archived)
- Sam Grewe at the IPC Tokyo 2020 website[dead link]
- Sam Grewe at IMDb
- Sam Grewe on Twitter
- Sam Grewe on Instagram