Combat medic wins Pat Tillman award, raises disability awareness at 2016 ESPY awards

LOS ANGELES -- Sgt. Elizabeth Marks does not swim to win medals, reap accolades, or even earn a spot on the U.S. Paralympic Team.

"I don't chase medals," Marks said. "I chase experiences. I don't believe in stepping on a block or training and thinking about an object. I train thinking about friends that I've impacted along the way and strangers that I've gotten to impact along the way. That's the real prize. That's what it's all about for me."

Marks recently won four gold medals at the 2016 Invictus Games and has earned a berth in the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games. On Wednesday, July 13, she was honored at the 2016 ESPY awards before a national television audience with a Pat Tillman Award for Service.


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