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.