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== Anime and Manga ==
* Sometimes Hero Killer Stain, from ''[[My Hero Academia]]'' opts to inflict this upon his targets instead of killing them.
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* In ''[[Berserk]]'', Gutts' foster father has to retire as an active mercenary after a messy leg injury. Averted for Gutts himself - you would think that losing a hand would end the career of a fighter who specialises in two-handed weapons, but he is stubborn enough to learn to handle the sword using prosthetic hand. (A magnet in the hand helps him maintain the grip.)
* Gerd in ''[[Blassreiter]]'' was a racing champion who got half-paralyzed. And then ditched by his girlfriend. And then agreed to try an "experimental healing".
* When the manga ''[[H 2]]'' begins, baseball players Hiro
* Almost happens to Hayato and Randoll in ''[[Future GPX Cyber Formula]]'' in the ''ZERO'' arc when they suffered serious injuries in a crash at the British GP. They got better and they return to racing (although Randoll takes longer to come back than Hayato).
** In Bootsvorz's backstory, a nasty crash at a test drive resulted in losing his left eye and arm, but he returned to racing after gaining a new arm and eye.
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* In one the most well-known examples from the [[American Football|NFL]], Washington Redskins quarterback Joe Theismann was forced to retire after a Monday Night Football game in 1985. On a failed attempt to trick the New York Giants' defense, Theisman was sacked by all-pro linebacker Lawrence Taylor. As Taylor forced Theisman to the ground, his knee came down on Theisman's leg and snapped the tibia and fibula. While this incident helped cement Taylor's fearsome reputation, Taylor himself was clearly horrified and called for medical assistance for Theisman the moment he realized what had happened.
* Lou Gehrig had to retire from baseball due to having amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (which became known as Lou Gehrig's disease.)
* Nancy Kerrigan (figure skating): Her rival Tonya Harding hired someone to whack Kerrigan in the knee with a pipe, hoping to break her leg
* Monica Seles (tennis): Deranged fan of a rival runs onto the court during a match and stabs her in the back of the neck. She got better.
* [[Edge]] was forced to retire from WWE fairly young due to injuries he'd sustained over his career.
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