By Mackenzie Meaney She made history as the first woman to win gold at both the Winter and Summer Games. Now, she wants to see the Paralympics grow even more for women. View the original article to see embedded media. Alana Nichols is a natural-born competitor. The Farmington, N.M. native grew up playing a multitude of sports, such as volleyball and basketball at her local YMCA. Nichols loved to play softball—she was even getting attention from schools in the Southwest—and in the winters, she would head to Colorado to snowboard. In 2000, Nichols was out on the mountain for a snowboarding trip,…