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Danny Fik was born in 1984 in Highland, California. He is the second of three children, all of whom are athletes. He was born with a form of spina bifida called tethered cord syndrome. He walked with some impairment until he underwent corrective...
Fik, Danny
Danny Fik was born in 1984 in Highland, California. He is the second of three children, all of whom are athletes. He was born with a form of spina bifida called tethered cord syndrome. He walked with some impairment until he underwent corrective surgery at age thirteen. The operation failed and he lost all feeling below his chest as a result. This led him to explore adapted sports, including wheelchair hockey, tennis, and basketball, and eventually receive a full-ride scholarship to the University of Texas at Arlington to play on the Movin’ Mavs wheelchair basketball team. He has also been a member of the U.S.A. national team for wheelchair tennis, earning multiple gold medals.
Fik earned his bachelor’s degree in public relations at UT Arlington in 2008. He is currently a member of the Dallas Wheelchair Mavericks. Fik works as Operations Manager at Per4Max Medical, which manufactures custom wheelchairs.