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| Born | Saskatoon, Canada |
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| Sport | Goalball |
Amy Alsop is a Canadian Paralympian from Saskatoon. She is a two-time Paralympic gold medalist for goalball. [1]
| Personal information | |
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| Born | Saskatoon, Canada |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Goalball |
Amy Alsop is a Canadian Paralympian from Saskatoon. She is a two-time Paralympic gold medalist for goalball. [1]
Alsop was born with only 10 per cent of her vision and used Canadian National Institute for the Blind services to gain independence. [2] While learning to swim, Alsop met the coach of the local goalball team who encouraged her to join the sport. [3]
Alsop joined the Canadian National goalball team in 1997. [4] She competed in the 2000 Summer Paralympics where she won a gold medal in Goalball. [5]
Alsop was again selected to compete with Team Canada at the 2004 Summer Paralympics, [6] where she won another gold medal by only allowing in 1.5 goals on 419 shots. As a result, she was nominated by Saskatchewan Blind Sports for the 2004 Athlete of the Month Award. [7]
After retiring, she was hired at SaskTel in Regina as a service development manager. [2] In 2013, she was appointed community co-chair of the Citizen Consultation Team by the Government of Saskatchewan. [8]
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