Amy Purdy, an actress-model, word-class snowboarder and 2014 Paralympic bronze medalist, and her longtime boyfriend Daniel Gale have finally settled down on Saturday afternoon. The exchange of vows was witnessed by about 160 guests at The Barn at Hidden Springs in Boise, Idaho.
The newly-married couple, Amy Purdy and Daniel Gale, first met in 2002 at a bar in Crested Butte, Colorado. And during a holiday in Puerto Rico in May, Gale proposed to Purdy at Flamenco Beach. Now, after 14 years together and three month-engagement, they finally tied the knot, People reported.
"We felt it was just finally time to come together and make a commitment to each other," Purdy said, as per E! News. "I am not an over-the-top kind of person. I just wanted it to feel outdoorsy and simple. It's all very bohemian."
In order to learn more about Amy Purdy, here are 5 interesting facts about the about the 35-year-old snowboarder and Paralympic champ who married longtime boyfriend Daniel Gale, 45.
1. Amy Purdy is a double amputee, who had to have her legs removed after contracting bacterial meningitis as a teenager, Daily Mail revealed. Now, she has two prosthetic legs. Since the meningitis greatly affected her circulatory system, she also ended up having her spleen removed as well as getting a kidney transplant from her father at the age of 21.
2. Purdy co-founded the non-profit organization, Adaptive Action Sports, with her husband Gale as the executive director. Their decade-old organization helps people with physical disabilities in their quest to participate in action sports, Examiner has learned.
3. Amy Purdy showed off her remarkable dancing prowess on "Dancing with the Stars" Season 18 with her partner Derek Hough. In the competition, they landed as the runner-up, ET Online noted.
4. Aside from dancing, Purdy is also a Paralympic star, according to Heavy.com. She is a skilled and multi-talented athlete obtained a bronze medal in snowboard cross at the 2014 Winter Paralympics. She is also the first and only female on Team USA to win a medal in the Paralympics in para-snowboarding.
5. Newlyweds Amy Purdy and Daniel Gale are former "The Amazing Race" Season 21 contestants. As reported by Wet Paint, they were dubbed as team "Dating On and Off." Unfortunately, they were the second team eliminated in the competition.
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