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Place of Birth: Dural, New South Wales, Australia
About Janine Shepherd
- Janine Shepherd, is an Australian author, aerobatics pilot and former cross-country skier.
- Shepherd's career as an athlete ended when she suffered life-threatening injuries when hit by a truck during a training bike ride.
- Before the accident, she had been in contention to win Australia's first ever medal at the Winter Olympics.
- Though she was told she would never walk again or have children, and doctors had significant doubts as to whether she would survive at all, she defied all of these, and her story later became the focus of national attention, as well as a popular telemovie.
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