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