LAMORINDA WEEKLY | Moraga Traumatic Brain Injury Survivor Places 3rd in Intermedix Ironman 70.3


Moraga resident Amy Morosini, after her accident and at the recent triathlon Photo provided

Moraga resident Amy Morosini, a 45-year-old Traumatic Brain Injury survivor, placed third in the Female Physically Challenged Division at the Ironman 70.3 Augusta triathlon in September. Morosini completed the 2014 Intermedix Ironman 70.3 in Augusta, Ga., in a time of 8:48.

Morosini, a Rutgers University graduate, suffered a severe Traumatic Brain Injury in 1997 after falling out of a third story window in an apartment building in San Francisco. She spent almost two months in three different hospitals undergoing numerous surgeries and rehabilitation. Doctors initially told Morosini that she might never walk without assistance again.

Morosini now volunteers as a fitness instructor for the Veterans Administration in Martinez. "Our servicemen and women are returning from Iraq and Afghanistan with Traumatic Brain Injuries and they wonder how am I going to live the rest of my life like this ... do I even want to live the rest of my life like this? I've been there and I want to show them if I can make it, so can they."