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Amy Purdy, Winter Paralympic medalist, to perform at Rio Paralympics

Amy Purdy made her name as a snowboardcross bronze medalist at the Sochi Paralympics and runner-up on “Dancing with the Stars” in 2014.

In September, she’ll combine both.

Purdy will perform as a dancer in the Rio Paralympic Opening Ceremony on Sept. 7, in addition to being an NBC reporter during the Games.

Purdy, 36, survived bacterial meningitis in 1999 but lost both her legs and later needed a kidney from her father at age 20.

She built her own snowboard and is seen as instrumental in getting snowboarding into the Paralympic program beginning in 2014.