GABI SHUL

 

Gabi Shul, was only nine years old, when they had to amputee her leg from the knee down,

Because of a type of cancer called osteosarcoma (it is a cancer that affects the bone).

The cancer, was found when she had an x-ray after she injured herself when she was ice skating, she fell and the knee was getting bigger and wasn’t heling so they took an x-ray and they found out she had cancer. After the amputation, she didn’t give up, and she still dances now at the age of 19 years.

Because of a revolutionary surgery called rotationplasty. The surgeons reattached her foot to the remaining part of the leg, at a 180 degree. So that it could fit into a prosthetic in a way to allow her to continue to dance. And that’s what she has done. Now she dances different styles of dance, she dances with pointe shoes she dances hip hop, tip tap, jazz and contemporary dance, she also dances competitively. Gabi is also a national spokesperson for a children’s cancer awareness organisation called the truth 365.

 

If you want to see more of Gabi, you can watch this video:

Gabi Shull | dancing her way back : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSgAiTSBi8Q

Article by Stefania Nicolini