According to the international paralympic committee, she was born without fibula bones,.

Jessica long adoptive parents. She was born with fibular hemimelia, a genetic abnormality which caused her lower legs to develop without fibulas, ankles, heels, and most bones in her feet. Jessica with her father steve long. At 13 months, americans beth and steve long adopted jessica and a boy called joshua, who began a new life in baltimore, maryland.

However, because of her condition (fibular hemimelia), her parents, who were. Four were adopted (one internationally, three through foster. Long was adopted from an orphanage in russia when she was 13 months old.

Her legs were amputated when she was 18 months. Reports reveal that long along. Adopted by steven and beth long as a baby, along with long’s adoptive brother, joshua, from the same russian orphanage, long grew up in a family of eight in baltimore,.

Her legs were amputated when she was 18. Siberian parents who rejected u.s. In 2013, long even got to meet her birth parents, who were only teenagers when their daughter was born.

Jessica long was born tatiana olegovna kirillova in bratsk, russia, on 29th february 1992 to natalia and oleg. Jessica was adopted by her american parents beth and steve long, after her biological russian parents gave her up. An ad telling the remarkable story of american paralympic swimmer jessica long, who was adopted from a siberian orphanage and went on to win 13 gold medals, went viral.

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