Amy Truesdale

Amy Truesdale (born 20 January 1989) is a taekwondo practitioner who won Gold at the 2014 and 2017 Para Taekwondo World Championships.[3]

Amy Truesdale
Personal information
Born (1989-01-20) 20 January 1989[1]
Chester, England[2]
Sport
SportPara Taekwondo
Medal record
Women's para taekwondo
Representing  Great Britain
Paralympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo +58 kg
European Para Championships
Silver medal – second place2023 RotterdamK44 +65 kg

Career

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
  1. "ParalympicsGB squad for Tokyo 2020". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  2. "Chester para-taekwondo ace Amy Truesdale makes history with Tokyo Paralympics medal". Chester and District Standard. 9 September 2021. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  3. "GB Taekwondo". Archived from the original on 28 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  4. "BBC". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 28 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  5. "Chester Standard". 27 May 2021. Archived from the original on 28 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  6. 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.


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