Todd Schaffhauser

Todd Schaffhauser became an above-knee amputee at age 15 as the result of cancer.  Determined to regain an active life-style, he pursued competitive athletics for the first time in his life. In 1988 Todd qualified for the Paralympics Track and Field Team and won a gold medal in the 100-meter event.  At the 1995 World Games in Germany he broke his own world record. Altogether he has competed and medaled in three Paralympic Games.

Todd has worked in prosthetic community for more than 14 years and became an Honorary Lifetime member of the American Academy of Orthotist and Prosthetists in 2000.