Cato Zahl Pedersen

Cato Zahl Pedersen, born January 12, 1959, is a Norwegian skiier, and multiple Paralympic gold medal winner. He has won a total of fourteen medals (of which thirteen gold) at the Paralympic Games, in both Winter and Summer Paralympics. [ [http://www.melazerte.com/library/paralympics/WhereHeroesCome.htm "The Heroes We Need"] , "Paralympics: Where Heroes Come"] He has no arms, having lost both in a childhood accident. [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE1DF1339F935A35752C0A963958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all "South Pole Epic Ends in Apres-Ski Party"] , "New York Times", January 6, 1995]

Pedersen took the athletes' oath on behalf of all competitors at the 1994 Winter Paralympics in Lillehammer. [ [http://www.paralympic.org/release/Main_Sections_Menu/Paralympic_Games/Past_Games/Lillehammer_1994/index.html "Lillehammer 1994"] , International Paralympic Committee]

In 1994/1995, Pedersen took part in a successful four-person Norwegian skiing expedition to the South Pole. He carried his sledge with a prosthetic right arm. [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE1DF1339F935A35752C0A963958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all "South Pole Epic Ends in Apres-Ski Party"] , "New York Times", January 6, 1995]

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