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Jen Bricker, gymnast
Date: 6/11/2012 Album ID: 1485784
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Although Jen Bricker was born without legs, she has made a name for herself practicing gymnastics. She was adopted from Romania, and followed Olympic gymnasts, including Dominique Moceanu, an Olympic gold medalist from Romania. As fate has it, they are biological sisters. Currently, they are touring the talk show circuit.
Jennifer Bricker putting some nail polish on before tumbling practice on Tuesday night.
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Jennifer Bricker practices walking in her legs with the help of her mom on the street outside their home in Hardinville. Jen was able to get up to the corner to see if her friend Kara was home but tired on the way home, her hands hurting from the walker, so Sharon tried to help by offering her hand.
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Jennifer Bricker and her brother Brad playing on the trampoline at their home in Hardinville, Ill.
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Jen getting a piggyback ride from her father, Gerald Bricker, after playing on her trampoline at home after school.
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Jennifer Bricker working with Keshia Haines and SEth Bayless on a project in class challenging her teammates for the answer to a question they are working on. Oblong Elementary School in eastern Illinois.
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Jennifer Bricker and her friends running up the stairs to their classroom on the second floor after recess at school. Jen preferrs to do the stairs herself, using her arms to propel her around.
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Jennifer Bricker trying out some new hand crutches with the help of Shriner's Brian Pinkston and her father at Shriners recently.
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5/6/06: Jen Bricker, 18, is helped to the car by her brother, Brad and father, Gerald on her way to her high school prom in Robinson, Il. Saturday. Her date, and good friend, Cody Craig, 24, stands back and holds the flowers as Jen's mom Sharon carries the walker out of their way. PHOTO BY KAREN ELSHOUT
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Gerald Bricker loading up jen's walker and prosthetic legs for a trip to Shriners hospital in St. Louis .
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5/6/06: Jen Bricker and her prom date, Cody Craig, 24 of Odon, In., arrive home in Hardinville, Il. Saturday after traveling to Terre Haute, Ind. for dinner prior to going to the prom in Robinson that night. They hang out on the front porch visiting with Jen's family, father, Gerald, brother, Brian and Sharon, her mom. PHOTO BY KAREN ELSHOUT
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5/6/06: Sharon Bricker helps Jen with her gloves as she gets ready for her high school prom Saturday in Robinson, Il. The Brickers live in Hardinville, Il. and have raised Jen with all the expectations that she will live a normal life, despite her disability. Born without legs, Jen has , with the force of her personality, and loving support of her adoptive family, lived a typical teenage life. PHOTO BY KAREN ELSHOUT
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5/6/06: Jen Bricker, in red dress, line dances with her date, Cody Craig and good friend Cassie Wampler at her high school prom in Robinson, Il. Saturday night. With their support, Jen was able to balance on her artificial legs and join in the fun. PHOTO BY KAREN ELSHOUT
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5/6/06: Jen Bricker, in red dress, slow dances with her date, Cody Craig as her good friend Cassie Wampler holds her walker at her high school prom in Robinson, Il. Saturday night. With their support, Jen was able to balance on her artificial legs and join in the fun at the dance. PHOTO BY KAREN ELSHOUT
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