Sam Grewe

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.

Sam Grewe

Personal information
Full name	Samuel Grewe
Nickname(s)	Sam
Nationality	American
Born	(1998-06-10) June 10, 1998 (age 25) Goshen, Indiana, U.S.
Height	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight	165 lb (75 kg)
Sport
Country	United States
Sport	Paralympic athletics
Disability	Osteosarcoma
Disability class	T42
Event(s)	High Jump
Club	Great Lakes Adaptive Sports Association (GLASA), Chicago, Illinois
Coached by	Kyle Mishler (personal) Jeremy Fischer
Medal record Paralympic athletics Representing  United States Paralympic Games 2020 Tokyo High jump T63 2016 Rio de Janeiro High jump T42 World Championships 2015 Doha High jump T42 2017 London High jump T42 2019 Dubai High Jump T42 Parapan American Games 2019 Lima High jump T42-47/T63-64

Early life

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

1. . Team USA. June 29, 2019. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015.
2. "Sam Grewe - Athlete Bio (One to Watch)". International Paralympic Committee. June 29, 2019.

External links

• at TeamUSA.org (archived)
• Samuel Grewe at the University of Notre Dame
• Sam Grewe at the International Paralympic Committee
• at IPC.InfostradaSports.com (archived)
• Sam Grewe at the IPC Tokyo 2020 website
• Sam Grewe at IMDb
• Sam Grewe on Twitter
• Sam Grewe on Instagram