John Register
John Register is a two-time Paralympian, Paralympic Games Silver Medalist, Persian Gulf War veteran, and TEDx Motivational Speaker. He embraced a “new normal” in becoming an amputee following a misstep over a hurdle while training for the 1996 Olympic Games, after participation in two consecutive Olympic trials. Register discovered how to “amputate his fear of disability” and founded the U.S. Olympic Committee Military Sport Program in the early 2000s. He has launched a book titled: “10 Stories to Impact Any Leader: Journal Your Way to Leadership Success.” Register teaches others through his “Hurdling Adversity” speeches and podcasts to “amputate their fear and embrace their new normal,” as they discover “stories within themselves.” Register served six years in the U.S. Army - including operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, and in active-duty with the U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program - winning nine gold medals in the Armed Services Competition and two World Military Championships. After having his leg amputated, he made the U.S. Paralympic Team in 1996 and later won a silver medal in the long jump - as he set an American record - and sprinted to fifth in the 100 meters and 200 meters at the U.S. Paralympic Games in Sydney.
