Editing Amputation (section)

===Athletic performance===
Sometimes professional [[Sportsperson|athletes]] may choose to have a non-essential digit amputated to relieve chronic pain and impaired performance.
* Australian Rules footballer [[Daniel Chick]] elected to have his left [[ring finger]] amputated as chronic pain and injury was limiting his performance.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Murray |first=Shane |date=2002-01-22 |title=RTE: Aussie Rules star has finger removed |website=[[RTÉ.ie]] |url=http://www.rte.ie/sport/2002/0122/aussierules.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071214022643/http://www.rte.ie/sport/2002/0122/aussierules.html |archive-date=2007-12-14 |access-date=2007-10-19}}</ref>
* [[Rugby union]] player [[Jone Tawake]] also had a finger removed.<ref>{{cite web |author=Australian Rugby Union |url=http://www.sportsaustralia.com/articles/oct06/artid6659.html |title=Tawake undergoes surgery to remove finger |publisher=SportsAustralia.com |date=2006-10-17 |access-date=2013-04-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130501093242/http://sportsaustralia.com/articles/oct06/artid6659.html |archive-date=2013-05-01 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[National Football League]] [[Safety (American and Canadian football position)|safety]] [[Ronnie Lott]] had the tip of his little finger removed after it was damaged in the [[1985 NFL season]].<ref>{{Cite magazine|magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]]|title=Ronnie Lott's Amputated Pinkie Finger|first=Robert|last=Klemko|url=https://www.si.com/nfl/2014/06/17/nfl-history-in-95-objects-ronnie-lott-amputated-pinkie-finger|date=2014-06-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815042211/https://www.si.com/nfl/2014/06/17/nfl-history-in-95-objects-ronnie-lott-amputated-pinkie-finger|archive-date=2022-08-15}}</ref>