Amy Truesdale

Amy Truesdale

MBE

Personal information
Born	(1989-01-20) 20 January 1989 (age 36) [1] Chester, England [2]
Sport
Sport	Para Taekwondo
Medal record Women's para taekwondo Representing   Great Britain Paralympic Games 2024 Paris +65 kg 2020 Tokyo +58 kg European Para Championships 2023 Rotterdam K44 +65 kg European Taekwondo Championships 2024 Belgrade K44 +65 kg

Amy Truesdale (born 20 January 1989) is a British para 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 +65 kg 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.

External links

• Amy Truesdale at TaekwondoData.com
• Amy Truesdale at the International Paralympic Committee
• Amy Truesdale at ParalympicsGB