Engineering sophomore David Gelfand has his sights on the 2020 Summer Paralympics David Gelfand,E21, has his intellect set on traveling to Tokyo in August 2020. That’s the site of the next Summer Paralympics, or where the world’s best athletes with disabilities will compete.
A para-swimmer,Gelfand was born with proximal femoral focal deficiency (PFFD). His left leg doesn’t own a knee and is approximately as long as his right thigh. He has never let this slow him down, though, and on land or in the pool.
Source: tufts.edu