Who said you needed legs to win a competition? Who said a wheelchair keeps you from achieving your goal? Can you believe someone without a leg won a gold medal? This man competed in the wounded warrior competition, representing the army, and came home with a gold medal. This man’s name is Charles Armstead he grew up in Needville, Texas and he joined the army in 1995. He was shot point blank in the stomach in Iraq one day. Here you will learn all about Charles Armstead and his life My wounded warrior hero is Charles Armstead. He was born 1977 May 9th. He grew up in Needville Texas. He states that he lived a normal childhood with a loving family. He went to school in Needville High School. His hobbies are playing basketball and racing. He became a military hero because he saw other military people and he wanted to be just like them. He enlisted in the military in 1995. He was enlisted and was not an officer. He was in the military for about 15 years. His highest ranks sergeant 1st class. He served in the army. He was a soldier. He went to Afghanistan. This is Charles Armstead’s military service He was injured in May 2, 2009. He was in Iraq in a war when he got injured. He was in Iraq in a war when he got injured. He was serving in the army SFC, Charles Armstead was shot point blank in the stomach and the bullet shattered his hip leg to the amputation of his right leg up to his pelvis. He lost his right leg and had to be in a wheelchair for the rest of his life. This is Charles Armsteads injury and how it happened. Charles Armstead was saved by four soldiers after he was shot point blank in the stomach.
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He walked all the way back to the base after he was shot. The recovery took about 1-2 years physically and mentally. He remembers the accident clearly like if it was yesterday and he would do anything to change that day. When the family heard about the injury his wife and children began to cry and they all knew one thing, that on that day their life was about to change. His wife children and relatives flew all the way to him to support him and say “everything will be all right.” His rehab was in West, Point. New York where he trained and played sports, he claims “it’s very fun and also, it’s my rehab.” You always see Charles Armstead with a smile on his face and he is always playing basketball and racing for fun. You can tell that not even a wheelchair can put him down. Charles Armstead competed in the Wounded Warrior Games. He completed in the 2013 Warrior Games in May 11-16. He represented the army. He competed in two sports basketball and hand cycling. He won a gold medal later on in basketball. He trained by playing and having people compete with him, he also does a lot of hand related exercises like pushups and etc. He was in a wheelchair for all of his events in hand cycling he races in his wheel chair and uses a lot of strength in his hand by pushing the wheels fast and carefully, also in basketball you have to have full control in your wheelchair, you have to move it
He walked all the way back to the base after he was shot. The recovery took about 1-2 years physically and mentally. He remembers the accident clearly like if it was yesterday and he would do anything to change that day. When the family heard about the injury his wife and children began to cry and they all knew one thing, that on that day their life was about to change. His wife children and relatives flew all the way to him to support him and say “everything will be all right.” His rehab was in West, Point. New York where he trained and played sports, he claims “it’s very fun and also, it’s my rehab.” You always see Charles Armstead with a smile on his face and he is always playing basketball and racing for fun. You can tell that not even a wheelchair can put him down. Charles Armstead competed in the Wounded Warrior Games. He completed in the 2013 Warrior Games in May 11-16. He represented the army. He competed in two sports basketball and hand cycling. He won a gold medal later on in basketball. He trained by playing and having people compete with him, he also does a lot of hand related exercises like pushups and etc. He was in a wheelchair for all of his events in hand cycling he races in his wheel chair and uses a lot of strength in his hand by pushing the wheels fast and carefully, also in basketball you have to have full control in your wheelchair, you have to move it