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The special story of Ulla by Fiammetta La Guidara
Her name is Ulla Kulju and she is a 30 year old special rider from Finland. And we mean “special” in every sense of the word, because she is the first paralysed woman to race in motorcycling. Furthermore, she races in Snowcross and in Road Racing. But before, she did many more things: at 15, 6 months after her accident, she went back to the slopes with monoski. On the same year she won a gold medal in Finnish Championships in Slalom. Next year she raced against able bodied females in giant slalom and slalom, and conquered the third position in Finnish Championships. During her four years of alpine skiing in the Finnish Alpine Ski Team she achieved the European Cup silver in
Giant Slalom and the European Cup Bronze in Slalom. At 2003 and 2005 she was nominated as an athlete of the year in Finland. She was also awarded as the most positive person in Northern Finland on the year 2005. And her story is a great lesson of life. When did your passion for motorcycles start?
«My passion for motorcycles started at 15, when I got my own scooter. At the same time my boyfriend had a 125cc motorcycle and I used to ride with that even if I didn't have the license and I knew my parents would've not approved». When did you have your accident and how? «My accident happened on