Katy Sullivan – Feature Interview on Headline News – Los Angeles – Paralympian & Actress

Katy Sullivan – Feature Interview on Headline News – Los Angeles – Paralympian & Actress – www.KatySullivan.net Katy Sullivan is London bound as a member of Team USA in the 2012 London Paralympic Games. After a rough start in the Paralympic trials, Katy overcome a last place start to reach a first place finish – and that gold medal win placed Katy Sullivan on Team USA. Watch for her in London. Katy Sullivan was born without legs and has walked on prosthetics all her life. As a child she tried gymnastics and swimming, but eventually decided sports were frustrating because she wasn’t winning. So she turned her energy to acting, getting a degree at Webster University in St. Louis, Missouri, and going on to work on stage, on television, and in the movies. She’s played everything from the lead in “Hedda Gabler” to roles on “Nip and Tuck” and “My Name is Earl.” In 2004 Katy moved to Los Angeles for her acting career — and then found herself moving in a different direction when she received her first pair of custom-made running legs. With the new carbon graphite prosthetics, she found herself running — and then running faster. When there are no other bilateral above-knee women competing, Sullivan races against women with one biological leg and one above-knee amputation. Her wins at the 2007 Paralympic National Championships unofficially broke the world record for 200m, taking almost half a second off a time that had stood for 9 years. But injuries slowed her down in 2008 and she didn’t make the Beijing team. This year, Sullivan won the US Paralympic Championship in …