Storm Debbie Clark

STORM

Name: Debbie Clark

Height: 5'9"

Weight: 165 lbs

Country: United States of America

Years: 1991 - 1993

In 1991, Storm was an aspiring member of the Olympic handball team with designs on winning the gold medal. At the Olympic Training Center, Colorado, she was watching the American Gladiators and knew she wanted to be part of it, initially wanting to be a Contender and go up against the Gladiators. Setting her sights on Hollywood, she travelled to LA and was spotted by Gary Parker, the assistant producer of American Gladiators. After successfully passing the tryout she received a phone call from the production team in which she was told her Gladiator name was Storm "because you blew us all away". Storm was brought in during the Fall 1991 season of American Gladiators to replace an injured Gold (Tonya Knight). She warned: "Contenders, when it rains, it pours. So watch out. The Storm is coming!".

In 2008 life took a sad turn for Storm, after fleeing a domestic violence situation South Carolina, Storm and her young son Clayton found themselves homeless on the streets of San Diego for more than two and a half years. They lived out of their car for a few days until she finally decided to check into a homeless shelter. She moved from shelter to shelter until finding herself in St. Vincent de Paul in Downtown San Diego. Unable to find work due to the knee injury she suffered during her time on American Gladiators. She had no family able to help her. "My parents died within months of each other," she said. "They were lottery winners but lost all that money because when they moved from Connecticut to South Carolina, they were double-taxed."

Sherri Shepherd of ABC's talk show 'The View', paid for Storm and her son to have an apartment for 6 months to help get them on their feet. Dr. Dan Kalbac, US Men's National Soccer Team Doctor located in Miami, Florida, offered to perform knee replacement surgery on Storm to get her mobile and able to work again, while a local gentleman named Mr. Engelhardt offered to pay for her round-trip ticket to Miami to have the surgery.

"Homelessness does not have any prejudice… you can end up in the same situation, it doesn't matter." Storm, Debbie Clark.

Moving forward, Storm would like to be a spokesperson to help raise money in support of Embrace's efforts to serve the homeless. She intends to work with women, like herself, that have survived domestic violence and/or homelessness.

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