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Luba Lowery
Russian-born American paralympic athlete
Luba Lowery is a Russian-born American paralympic athlete. Lowery represented the United States in the 2010 Paralympic Games. Lowery has been involved in both competitive skiing and swimming.
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| Born | Russia | ||||||||
| Education | Gould Academy | ||||||||
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| Country |  United States | ||||||||
| Disability | Proximal femoral focal deficiency | ||||||||
| Event(s) | Slalom skiing giant slalom Open water swimming | ||||||||
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Lowery was born in Russia and was adopted when she was four years old.[1] She grew up in Cumberland, Maine.[1] When she was eight years old, because of a congenital bone defect, Proximal Focal Femoral Disorder (PFFD), her right leg was amputated.[1][2] Lowery attended Gould Academy.[3]
Lowery represented the United States in the 2010 Paralympic Games in Vancouver.[4] She took seventh place in the slalom and ninth place in the giant slalom.[2]
Lowery's first open-water swimming race took place in 2015, where she came in 42nd in women's times and 118th overall.[1] In October 2015, she was inducted into the Maine Ski Hall of Fame.[5]
- Swasey, John (July 18, 2015). "Scott Yeomans wins Peaks to Portland for fifth straight year". Portland Press Herald. Portland, Maine. Retrieved September 12, 2017.
- "Luba Lowery". Team USA. Archived from the original on January 1, 2016. Retrieved September 12, 2017.
- "Reflecting on the Shared Wisdom of Alumni Weekend – Gould Academy". Gould Academy. September 27, 2016. Retrieved September 12, 2017.
- "Living their dreams in Vancouver". Portland Press Herald. March 20, 2010. Retrieved September 12, 2017.
- "Maine Adaptive Race Coach, Board Member and US Paralympian, Luba Lowery, to be inducted into the Maine Ski Hall of Fame". Maine Adaptive Sports & Recreation. Retrieved September 12, 2017.