Conqu'ring Heroes 31 - Sam Grewe
MGoBlue Podcasts with Jon Jansen
The Varsity Podcast Network
4.8 • 754 Ratings
🗓️ 16 September 2021
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
Brian is in for Jon this week, and he catches up with current U-M medical student Sam Grewe, who won a gold medal in the high jump at the Paralympics Games a few weeks ago. Grewe discusses his decision to amputate his right leg in seventh grade (2:00), the process of transitioning to adaptive sports as a teenager (6:00), his memories from the day he won gold (10:00), and his professional goals in the medical field (15:00). This interview was made possible thanks to our friends at Michigan Medicine and their "Michigan Answers Spotlight" feature on our football radio broadcasts this season.
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| 0:00.0 | Brian Bush, in for John Jansen this week, and we have a great interview to share with you. |
| 0:04.6 | If you've noticed on our Michigan football broadcast so far this season, there's a new feature. |
| 0:10.0 | It's called the Michigan Answer Spotlight from Michigan Medicine. |
| 0:14.3 | It allows fans to hear from some incredible stories through Michigan medicine, whether it's a patient, a doctor, |
| 0:22.0 | or this past week against Washington, a medical student active here at Michigan right now. His name is Sam Gru. |
| 0:28.5 | And while he was in medical school, he was also a Paralympic high jump performer in Tokyo, |
| 0:35.1 | and he won gold in the high jump. It's an incredible story. We shared a |
| 0:39.9 | part of it on our broadcast on Saturday, but we didn't have the full time to share everything |
| 0:46.0 | that Sam talked about. This is the full conversation. It is fascinating from when he lost his |
| 0:52.3 | leg as a teenager, to how he participated and competed |
| 0:56.5 | and got ready for the Paralympics to the moment when he indeed won gold. |
| 1:01.5 | It's a great conversation. |
| 1:03.1 | I hope you enjoy it with a current med student here at the University of Michigan. |
| 1:07.9 | Sam Gru coming up next here on Conquering Heroes. |
| 1:14.3 | Welcome. University of Michigan. Sam grew coming up next here on Conquering Heroes. Welcome to your one-stop podcast for all things, Michigan Athletics. |
| 1:19.2 | Updates on every team on campus and interviews with players and coaches are all on the way. |
| 1:24.4 | This is Conquering Heroes. Here's your host, Brian Bush. Joining me today, Sam grew a medical |
| 1:31.2 | student at the University of Michigan's medical school and also a Paralymp high jump athlete |
| 1:36.4 | just returned from Tokyo with a gold medal in the high jump. Sam, I appreciate you joining me |
| 1:41.4 | on what has been an interesting return back to the U.S. |
| 1:44.4 | and to med school from what I understand. |
| 1:47.1 | Yeah, no, it's definitely been a bit of a blur over the past week. |
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