Amy Truesdale Explained

Amy Truesdale
Birth Date:[1]
Birth Place:Chester, England[2]
Sport:Para Taekwondo

Amy Truesdale (born 20 January 1989) is a taekwondo practitioner who won a gold medal at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.

Career

Truesdale was born without a left hand or forearm.[3] She has been a competitor in Para Taekwondo since 2009.[4]

She won gold at the 2014 and 2017 Para Taekwondo World Championships[5] and bronze in the women's +58 kg event at the delayed 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan.[6]

Truesdale won gold at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France, defeating Uzbekistan's Guljonoy Naimova in the final of the K44 +65kg category.[7]

Notes and References

  1. News: ParalympicsGB squad for Tokyo 2020 . BBC Sport . 26 June 2023.
  2. Web site: Chester para-taekwondo ace Amy Truesdale makes history with Tokyo Paralympics medal . Chester and District Standard . 26 June 2023 . en . 9 September 2021.
  3. News: BBC . BBC Sport . 28 July 2021 . 28 July 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210728080013/https://www.bbc.com/sport/disability-sport/53728744 . live .
  4. Web site: Chester Standard . 27 May 2021 . 28 July 2021 . 28 July 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210728080015/https://www.chesterstandard.co.uk/news/19332341.chester-para-taekwondo-ace-amy-truesdale-tokyo-bound/ . live .
  5. Web site: GB Taekwondo . 28 July 2021 . 28 July 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210728080019/http://www.gbtaekwondo.co.uk/para_athletes/amy-truesdale/ . live .
  6. News: Berkeley . Geoff . 4 September 2021 . Aziziaghdam claims comeback win as Naimova underlines talent with taekwondo gold . . 4 September 2021 . 4 September 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210904233950/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1112593/aziziaghdam-taekwondo-tokyo-paralympics . live .
  7. Web site: 2024-08-31 . Paris 2024 Paralympics: Amy Truesdale and Matt Bush win back-to-back taekwondo golds . 2024-08-31 . BBC Sport . en-GB.

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