Amy Truesdale
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| Born | 20 January 1989[1] Chester, England[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Para Taekwondo | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Amy Truesdale (born 20 January 1989) is a taekwondo practitioner who won Gold at the 2014 and 2017 Para Taekwondo World Championships.[3]
Career[edit]
She was born without a left hand or forearm.[4] She has been a competitor in Para Taekwondo since 2009.[5]
She won one of the bronze medals in the women's +58 kg event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ "ParalympicsGB squad for Tokyo 2020". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
- ^ "Chester para-taekwondo ace Amy Truesdale makes history with Tokyo Paralympics medal". Chester and District Standard. 9 September 2021. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
- ^ "GB Taekwondo". Archived from the original on 28 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
- ^ "BBC". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 28 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
- ^ "Chester Standard". 27 May 2021. Archived from the original on 28 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
- ^ Berkeley, Geoff (4 September 2021). "Aziziaghdam claims comeback win as Naimova underlines talent with taekwondo gold". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 4 September 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
External links[edit]
- Amy Truesdale at the International Paralympic Committee
- Amy Truesdale at the British Paralympic Association
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