He has a leg up on the competition.

A young Long Island man who lost his leg after being shot three months out of high school is completing the ultimate redemption arc as a champion bodybuilder who has turned tragedy into triumph.

“When I went to the prosthetic store for the first time, I saw so many other young people in there completely losing it and breaking down,” Louis Plumitallo, 22, of Mount Sinai told The Post. “I knew I couldn’t let that be my life.” 6

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Plumitallo’s life forever changed when, at age 18, he was with a then friend who was showing off a family member’s rifle and foolishly pointed the gun at Plumitallo, not realizing it was loaded.

“Before I could even say anything, it went off,” he said of the wound that cost him his entire right leg.

He was forced to l

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