Nikki Stone: Olympic Gold Medalist after a potentially career ending injury

Dancing in the Discomfort Zone with Anne Bonney

Becoming a gold medalist in the Olympics is a feat in and of itself, but doing it after doctors tell you you'll never ski again is a whole nother ballgame! How do you know when it's right to go with your intuition and continue to push towards your dream? Nikki Stone (https://www.nikkistone.com/) tells us about her journey doing just that! She's danced in MANY discomfort zones, and has fabulous insights to share, even if we're not olympic athletes!
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An American Hero

At the Olympic Winter Games in Nagano, Japan, Nikki Stone became America’s first-ever Olympic Champion in the sport of inverted aerial skiing. What made this performance so unbelievable, was the fact that less than two years earlier, a chronic injury prevented her from standing, much less walking or skiing down a slope at almost 40 miles per hour. Nikki came dangerously close to being sidelined from aerial skiing indefinitely.

Her tenacity and refusal to step down from a challenge brought Nikki Stone back to the top of the freestyle skiing podium. This top spot was far from foreign to Nikki, as throughout her career she earned 35 World Cup medals, eleven World Cup titles, four national titles, two yearlong Aerial World Cup titles, and a World Championship title. She also became the first pure aerialist ever—male or female—to become the yearlong Overall Freestyle World Cup Champion.