▁male ▁ste e ple ch ase ▁run ners ▁Category : O lymp ic ▁athlet es ▁of ▁Poland ▁Category : Place ▁of ▁birth ▁missing ▁( l iving ▁people ) <0x0A> </s> ▁Ga ely nn ▁Le a ▁T ress ler ▁( born ▁January ▁ 2 1 , ▁ 1 9 8 4 ) ▁is ▁an ▁American ▁folk ▁singer , ▁viol in ist , ▁public ▁speaker ▁and ▁dis ability ▁advoc ate ▁from ▁D ul uth , ▁Minnesota . ▁She ▁won ▁N PR ' s ▁ 2 0 1 6 ▁T iny ▁Des k ▁Cont est . ▁ ▁Early ▁life ▁Ga ely nn ▁Le a ▁was ▁born ▁with ▁o ste ogen esis ▁imper fect a , ▁a ▁gen etic ▁condition ▁that ▁causes ▁comp lications ▁in ▁the ▁development ▁of ▁b ones ▁and ▁lim bs . ▁Le a ▁became ▁imp ass ioned ▁by ▁classical ▁music ▁from ▁an ▁early ▁age , ▁and ▁in ▁fifth ▁grade ▁a ▁teacher ▁took ▁notice ▁and ▁encourag ed ▁Le a ▁to ▁purs ue ▁music ▁after ▁she ▁had ▁the ▁class ' s ▁only ▁perfect ▁score ▁on ▁a ▁music ▁listening ▁test . ▁Le a ▁developed ▁a ▁technique ▁for ▁viol in ▁which ▁involved ▁holding ▁the ▁bow ▁" like ▁a ▁baseball ▁bat " ▁with ▁the ▁body ▁of ▁the ▁instrument ▁placed ▁in ▁front ▁of ▁her , ▁like ▁a ▁c ello , ▁and ▁attached ▁to ▁her ▁foot ▁so ▁it ▁wouldn ' t ▁s lip ▁when ▁she ▁played . ▁ ▁Le a ▁attended ▁Mac al ester ▁College , ▁where ▁she ▁major ed ▁in ▁political ▁science ; ▁prior ▁to ▁her ▁music ▁career , ▁she