After leading the campaign to have snowboarding included in the Sochi 2014 Paralympics, she won two world titles in 2017 having spent most of 2016 out of action as she received treatment for lung cancer. She also runs the Mentelity Foundation, which encourages children with impairments to take part in wakeboarding, snowboarding and skateboarding.
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