Amy Truesdale

Taekwondo practitioner - Paralympics

Amy Truesdale
Personal information
Born (1989-01-20) 20 January 1989 (age 35)[1]
Chester, England[2]
Sport
SportPara Taekwondo
Medal record
Women's para taekwondo
Representing  Great Britain
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris +65 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo +58 kg
European Para Championships
Silver medal – second place 2023 Rotterdam K44 +65 kg
European Taekwondo Championships
Gold medal – first place 2024 Belgrade K44 +65 kg

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]

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. ^ "BBC". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 28 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Chester Standard". 27 May 2021. Archived from the original on 28 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  5. ^ "GB Taekwondo". 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.
  7. ^ "Paris 2024 Paralympics: Amy Truesdale and Matt Bush win back-to-back taekwondo golds". BBC Sport. 31 August 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
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