He is a super man, his body the embodiment of perseverance — a chiseled chest from years of weightlifting and two prosthetic legs because he’s a bilateral above-knee amputee. And as Josh Pauls walked around a weight room Saturday morning, a rap lyric from his playlist blared: “I walk around like I got a ‘S’ on my chest.”
A St. Louisan since college, Pauls has won four gold medals in the Paralympics for sled hockey. And he is the national team’s captain.
“I mean, it’s kind of surreal,” said Pauls, 30, who is the only player to ever win four golds in the sport. “Sometimes I wake up and am like, ‘Wow, I can’t believe this is my actual life.’”
