Andrew Kurka
Andrew Kurka is a Paralympian and is an alpine skier. Although he has been an athlete throughout his entire life, his sights weren’t always set on skiing. As a teenager, he had dreams of competing in the Olympics…as a wrestler. In fact, as a teenager he was a six-time state champion in Alaska in the categories of freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling. Sadly, when Andrew was only thirteen years old he suffered a catastrophic accident in an ATV. Andrew was paralyzed from the waist down. However, he couldn’t let the incident hold him back and he was soon participating in athletics again. Only two years later he tried skiing and fell in love with the sport. In 2014, Andrew had a back accident before the Sochi Olympics but he is anticipated to perform amazingly well at Pyeongchang.
