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Meet Adaptive Athlete: Robert Hayley                                                 

 

 

Robert Hayley

 

DOB: October 4, 1965

DOI: January 16, 2019

Injury: Below Knee Amputatee

Class 16 Robert Hayley

Born and raised in Texas, Robert is the youngest of 8 children. He describes himself as a military and seminary brat, which gave him the opportunity to travel a lot as a child. Robert went to college at Stephen F. Austin and got his NLP Master Practitioners, Neuro-linguistic programming, in addition to being a certified pastor.

 


Over time, he said his health and fitness fell and in his mid-40s, he developed Type 2 Diabetes. On January 16, 2019, Robert had his left leg amputated due to destructive arthritis that ate away at the bone tissue in his left foot. After his amputation, his quality of life severely increased because the pain from the arthritis was gone.

 


Robert is very happy with his life, being married to his high school sweetheart, and the father to their son, Hunter.

 


Robert’s goal for his time at ATF is simple: he wants to be the best man he can be.