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I trained hard. I spent the summer on a glacier. I trained with two-legged skiers but there weren't as many opportunities back then to compare myself… - Bonnie St. John
" "I trained hard. I spent the summer on a glacier. I trained with two-legged skiers but there weren't as many opportunities back then to compare myself to the other competitors, so I didn't know how I would do."
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About Bonnie St. John
Bonnie St. John (born November 7, 1964) is an American former Paralympic skier, author, and public speaker. St. John had her right leg amputated below the knee when she was 5 years old. Despite these challenges, she went on to excel as an athlete, a scholar, a mother and a businesswoman. She is the first African-American to win medals in Winter Paralympic competition as a ski racer, and the first African-American to medal in any paralympic event. St. John earned bronze and silver medals in several alpine skiing events during the 1984 Winter Paralympics. After graduating from Harvard and earning a Rhodes Scholarship, St. John went on to successful corporate career, first in sales with IBM, then as a corporate consultant. She has also written six books, including one each with her daughter Darcy, and her husband, Allen P. Haines.
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For me it was big dreams, and I didn't have a good present but I could dream about making my future better. So (it was) seeing what was possible, not just what is, and getting help to do that. So (it could be) sharing your dreams with other people and asking for help and advice and getting support for that to maybe reshape your dream, depending on what happens. But keep dreaming and keep getting help and keep moving forward.
I was fairly young when I learned to ski and realized I could be pretty good, she said. So I set my sights on going all the way to the Olympics. That drove me, and gave me a real fire. When I was waiting tables in Colorado, I wasn't just a 'ski bum' – I was making my way to the U.S. team. That big goal made even the little things meaningful. Starting a business is always hard. When I left President Clinton's economic team, I began working as a writer and speaker and got pregnant with my daughter. I no longer had an office in the White House. So I needed to be relentless again, towards another really big goal—to help the best get even better in Corporate America.
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