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Ex-Olympian Amy Van Dyken Crushes CrossFit Wheelchair Games, 2nd Place!

USA Olympic legend Amy Van Dyken has a new sport -- she's a wheelchair crosFfit athlete -- and she just came in 2nd place in the inaugural WheelWOD Open!!!

Amy racked up SIX gold medals during her incredible swimming career -- scoring 4 medals at the 1996 Games and 2 more in 2000.

But, her life was changed forever in 2014 when she was paralyzed from the waist down in a freak ATV accident that severed her spinal cord.

Amy -- ever the competitor -- decided to get BACK into CrossFit after the accident .