Noah Galloway

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Noah Matthew Galloway (October 28, 1981) is a former United States Army soldier, and a model and athlete. He was injured during the Iraq War, losing his left arm above the elbow and left leg above the knee. He is currently a contestant on Dancing with the Stars season 20, paired with Sharna Burgess.Galloway, who was born in Birmingham, Alabama, joined the military in 2001. He was a Sergeant assigned to the 1st Battalion of the 502nd Infantry, 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, during Operation Iraqi Freedom. On December 19, 2005, during his second deployment, he was severely injured in an IED attack. He lost his left arm above the elbow and his left leg above the knee; his right leg and jaw were badly injured, the latter having to be wired shut. He was unconscious for five days, and later was moved to Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., for further treatment and rehabilitation. Motivational speakingAfter leaving the Army, Galloway became a personal trainer. He participates in a variety of fitness competitions from regular 5K and 10K races to ones such as Tough Mudders, CrossFit competitions and Spartan events. He is also a motivational speaker, addressing audiences of veterans, school children, and others with his message of "no excuses". ModelingIn October 2014, Galloway became the spokesman and model for Kenneth Cole's new fragrance Mankind Ultimate. Galloway appeared on the November 2014 cover of Men's Health magazine, the first reader to be selected for the magazine's cover, and was named the publication’s "Ultimate Men's Health Guy". He has been a guest on The Ellen DeGeneres Show and The Today Show. Dancing with the StarsGalloway was chosen as a contestant on Dancing with the Stars season 20, and is paired with professional dancer and choreographer Sharna Burgess. He uses a prosthetic leg, but while Galloway experimented with a prosthetic arm for his Argentine tango, he and Burgess decided not to use it; he has not used the arm in any of his dances through the sixth week of competition.During the semi-finals, he proposed to his girlfriend (later fiancee), Jamie Boyd, on air.Galloway founded the No Excuses Charitable Fund. The fund, which assists organizations he feels are important, has aided Operation Enduring Warrior and also local programs including those for children at the YMCA of the town where he lives, Alabaster, Alabama.