COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - USA Paratriathlon National Team member Melissa Stockwell is nominated for a 2012 ESPY Award in the "Best Female Athlete with a Disability" category.
Online voting is currently open and closes Monday, July 9 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern. Visit espn.com to vote now.
Stockwell (Chicago, Ill.) was the first female American soldier in history to lose a limb in active combat and was the first Iraq War veteran to compete in the Paralympic Games when she did so as a swimmer in 2008.
Since turning her attention to swimming, biking and running, Stockwell has become one the world's best and most inspirational paratriathletes. She won the 2010 and 2011 ITU Paratriathlon World Championship titles in the TRI-2 category, earned USA Paratriathlon national titles in 2011 and 2012 and is a two-time USA Paratriathlon Athlete of the Year.
Stockwell will look to defend her world title at the 2012 ITU Paratriathlon World Championships in October in Auckland, New Zealand.
Stockwell will look to defend her world title at the 2012 ITU Paratriathlon World Championships in October in Auckland, New Zealand.
Photo: Melissa Stockwell is nominated for an ESPY Award. (Ben Solomon/USA Triathlon)
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