From Orphanage to Olympian - Redefining Your Limitations with Oksana Masters

Trust and Believe with Shaun T

Alex Coloreo

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🗓️ 8 March 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Get ready to be inspired by the incredible story of Oksana Masters, the U.S.’s most decorated winter Paralympic athlete. From a Ukrainian orphanage to the podium, Oksana had to overcome immense adversity, including being disfigured from in-utero radiation exposure in the fallout from Chernobyl and enduring horrific conditions in an orphanage. But with fierce determination and the love of her adoptive mother, Oksana not only persevered but became an Olympian.

Listeners will be motivated by Oksana's story of winning gold in the 2018 Winter Paralympic Games after a nearly career-ending injury. Despite a doctor telling her that racing on her elbow would mean she would never be able to use it again, Oksana competed through unbelievable pain to win her first gold medal, which she gifted to her mother. Through Oksana's story, listeners will learn that anything is possible with hard work, determination, and perseverance. This episode will inspire you to overcome your limitations and pursue your dreams, no matter your obstacles.

Check out Oksana's book: The Hard Parts: A Memoir of Courage and Triumph

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0:00.0	Hey, what's up, everybody? Welcome to Trust and Belief. I'm your host, Sean T.
0:05.0	And today we are going to enhance your ability to trust and believe in overcoming obstacles.
0:10.0	And we're also going to enhance your ability to win, win, and win internally and externally.
0:19.0	So get ready to trust and believe.
0:23.0	It's amazing.
0:27.0	What's up?
0:29.0	You better than Oprah. Come on, you're up.
0:32.0	Stand up. Stand up. Stand up.
0:35.0	This is Sean T. And it's time to trust and believe.
0:41.0	Oh, my gosh, I'm so excited today because we have Aksana Masters here today. I'm going to read her bio. I'm going to sit back and just like revel in this and get ready to truly be the ultimate.
1:03.0	Inspire for the day. So here we go. Aksana Masters was born in Ukraine in 1989 and faced numerous physical challenges due to utero radiation poisoning from Chernobyl.
1:16.0	After living in three orphanages, Aksana was adopted at the age of seven.
1:22.0	Over the course of seven years, she would have both legs amputated and endure a host of other surgeries.
1:29.0	At the age of 13, she began rowing and brought home the first of 17 paralympic medals in four different sports.
1:39.0	In 2020, she won the Lawyers World Sports Award in the category of sports person of the year with a disability.
1:47.0	And featured in such publications as sports illustrated the New York Times and the players Tribune and has appeared on numerous television programs, including real sports with Brian Gumball at the Beijing Paralympics in 2022.
2:03.0	Aksana became the most decorated US winter Paralympian or Olympian ever. Aksana, welcome to the show.
2:13.0	Oh my gosh. Thank you so much. I'm excited to be here.
2:17.0	I'm so excited to talk to you. Okay. We got a jump right in because I have a lot to ask. I have a lot to say.
2:22.0	And I think everybody's going to be really excited about this. So take us back to the very beginning. I like when people kind of tell us their story from their eyes and their experience.
2:31.0	And the other thing I want you to do is you can be as open and as honest during the show as possible. Nothing is off limits because people want to be inspired. So the floor is yours.
2:42.0	I mean, my childhood is pretty typical besides that I grew up in orphanages instead of normal home, but I was born in Ukraine, like you said, and I was born with a whole lot of different effects and was put up for adoption right away.
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