By Gabrielle Redford, Editorial Director
Aug. 28, 2024
Paralympian Sam Grewe originally had no intention of competing in Paris.
After taking the silver medal in the high jump at the Paralympic Games in Rio in 2016 and the gold medal at the Paralympic Games in Tokyo in 2021, he was more than ready to hang up his spikes.
Plus, there was, well, medical school.
“Tokyo occurred during my first year of medical school, and with the demands of the preclinical years, as well as going into the clinical years, I just did not have the bandwidth to continue training,” he says. “And I thought, ‘What a way to go out. Go out on top.’”
Aug. 28, 2024
Paralympian Sam Grewe originally had no intention of competing in Paris.
After taking the silver medal in the high jump at the Paralympic Games in Rio in 2016 and the gold medal at the Paralympic Games in Tokyo in 2021, he was more than ready to hang up his spikes.
Plus, there was, well, medical school.
“Tokyo occurred during my first year of medical school, and with the demands of the preclinical years, as well as going into the clinical years, I just did not have the bandwidth to continue training,” he says. “And I thought, ‘What a way to go out. Go out on top.’”
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