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Arlene Cohen

Sport: Para Snowboarding

Gold: 0 Silver: 0 Bronze: 0

Quick Facts

Birthday: June 4, 1969

Height: 5'2"

Age: 56

Hometown: Breckenridge, CO

Education: Broward College '98, Paramedic-Firefighter

Biography

Quick Facts
  • Cohen took up para-snowboarding in 2010. In 2006, she fractured her tibia in a snowboarding accident. Three years later, she was diagnosed with a bone infection in her ankle joint and had to have her leg amputated below the knee after numerous operations
  • Works as a paramedic and firefighter
  • Daughter of Verena Cohen
  • Has two siblings, Lorraine and Elio
  • Married to Jorge Moral
  • Has one daughter, Taylor
  • Hobbies include biking, hiking and paddle boarding
  • Fluent in Spanish
  • Enjoys cooking and baking but doesn't not like sweets
  • Volunteer at the Breckenridge Outdoor Education Center in her free time.
Paralympic Experience
  • 1-time Paralympian;
    • Paralympic Games Pyeongchang 2018, 7th (Banked Slalom - Lower Limb 2 Impaired - Women)