Career
A first lieutenant, she was the first female soldier to lose a limb in the Iraq War. She lost her left leg when a roadside bomb exploded when she was leading a convoy in Baghdad. Following her retirement from the military she works as a prosthetist and served on the board of directors of the Wounded Warrior Project from 2005-2014.
She subsequently became the first Iraq veteran chosen for the Paralympics.
She competed in three swimming events, the 100 m butterfly, 100 m freestyle, and 400 m freestyle, at the 2008 Summer Paralympics, and finished sixth, fifth, and fourth in her heats, respectively. She was the United States. team"s flag bearer at the closing ceremonies.
Turning to triathlon after the Beijing Paralympics, Stockwell was selected to represent the United States of America in the 2010 International Telecommunication Union Paratriathlon World Championships in Budapest. As of January 2013 Stockwell is at the top of the International Telecommunication Union"s rankings in the women"s TRI-2 class.