Jami Goldman

Jami Goldman an American athlete, author of the book Up and running: The Jami Goldman story. Jamie also appears in a commercial made for Adidas, she also apepeared in the movie A.I. Artificial Intelligence by Steven Spielberg.

Biography

February, 1988, nineteen-year-old Jami Goldman was returning from a ski trip in northern Arizona with a friend by car when they were trapped in a snowstorm for 11 days. Jami suffered severe frostbite on her toes, ears, fingers and nose, and while the girls were eventually rescued, Jami had to have both legs amputated below the knee.

In April 2002 she married a longtime friend, Beau Marseilles, who became, in her words, "the love of my life." She now signs her name Jami Goldman-Marseilles.


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