After receiving a serious injury to his hand in 2008, Patrick Mayrhofer elected to have his hand amputated.
Patrick Mayrhofer (born 15 September 1987) is Austria's most successful Paralympic Snowboarder. He worked as an electrician until an accident in February 2008, when he guiltless touched a 6000-volt power line, causing serious injury on his right upper leg, left forearm and right hand. On his right hand the thumb and parts of the middle finger needs to be amputated. After several unsuccessful attempts to reconstruct the function of his left hand Mayrhofer decides to amputate his left hand. 
