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I built my own prosthetic leg for swimming
Alex Young, a 46-year-old former engineer from Blandford, Dorset, had his leg amputated below the knee in August 2025 due to osteomyelitis. Unable to find a suitable commercial prosthetic for swimming, he built his own custom limb, tested it successfully at Knoll Beach on Studland, and now plans to design a cycling prosthesis to compete in a triathlon; he is also organizing a 5km run on July 3 to raise money for Dorset County Hospital, with future charity goals including climbing Mount Kilimanjaro.
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8 tagsprosthetic leg for swimmingbelow-knee amputationosteomyelitisadaptive sportstriathloncharity runcustom prostheticsformer engineer
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