Athletes Who Made Comebacks After Career Threatening Injuries

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All you hear about athlete’s injuries usually is how bad they are and how they are never going to come back, but I am going to give some examples of when athletes bounced back from injuries that appeared to be too devastating to come back. In an article on General Sports, here are some athletes who had devastating injuries and what happened and how they came back.

• Niki Lauda- He was “one of the best drivers” in Formula 1 history who was trapped in a fire, and went into a coma. Surprisingly, he was back racing in six weeks, and took 4th place in the Italian GP. This in my opinion is one of the biggest miracles in all of sports to be in a coma and then a few weeks later be back to the sport that you love. This shows that athletes can come back from terrible injuries and still make an impact.

• Maria Sharapova- She was a tennis player who was “dominating every court,” despite a nagging shoulder injury that took her out of play and into surgery. Many thought that she would never be the same, and some thought she would never even return. But through vigorous rehab she was back on the court in a year. She won the French Open capping off an already impressive career making her one of the best to ever play. No matter what sport you are returning to I admire someone who can come back and play at such a high level.

Niki Lauda and Maria Sharapova are just two of the names that truly stood out to me. They are very similar in making returns to their sports despite suffering a career threatening injury. Not only did they return but they both returned to their extremely high level of play with Lauda getting 4th place in a respected race, and Sharapova winning the French Open. No matter the sports they play, you have to love a good comeback story.

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