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Paralympian Ebba Årsjö reveals leg in documentary

Key Points
  • Ebba Årsjö discusses past shame about her misshapen leg in an SVT documentary.
  • She won two golds and one bronze at the Beijing Paralympics and is a top Swedish medal hope for Milano Cortina.
  • She first publicly showed her injured leg in an Instagram post a few years ago.

Paralympian Ebba Årsjö, born with a misshapen leg, has discussed her past shame about it in a new SVT documentary. She said she was not comfortable showing her leg and felt it should be hidden, forgotten, and not exist. Årsjö won two gold medals and one bronze at the Paralympics in Beijing four years ago and is one of Sweden's biggest medal hopes for the upcoming competitions in Milano Cortina.

A few years ago, she posted a notable Instagram post publicly showing her injured right leg for the first time.

I was not comfortable showing my leg and felt it should be hidden, forgotten, and not exist.

Ebba Årsjö, Paralympian

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