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Carol Johnston
Carol Johnston was born without a right arm below her elbow, but was a competitive gymnast. Carol was a collegiate gymnastics champion who was featured in the film,"Lefty". The Truly Exceptional is a series of short films by Walt Disney Educational in 1979, including Carol Johnston's film,"Lefty", to show how people live with disabilities. She was born with drive due to her disability and says she never felt sorry for herself. Many people become inspired from her story and realize that their own lives are not quite as bad as how her life has had to be living with a disability like hers. Carol graduated from Fullerton in 1981 and in 1988 graduated again from Cal State and recieved her Masters in physical education. A year after she was the subject of a book by Pete Donovan called Carol Johnston: One-Armed Gymnast.

Early Life
Carol Johnston was born on March 10,1958 in Calgary,Alberta. At first Carol had planned on going into figure skating, but was then introduced to gymnastics and fell in love with it so at the age of 12, she put her mind and soul into gymnastics. After Carol competed in Montreal, she enrolled at the Fullerton campus of California State University which was where she won most of her championships and awards.

Competitions
In 1975, Carol performed in the Canada Winter Games and the following year she competed at the Junior Olympics in Montreal and at the Hawaii Invitations. She also competed four seasons with the Titans from 1977-1980. While she was with them she was two-time-All-American on beam and floor. In addition to that, she was also a conference champion on beam in 1977.