Amanda Everlove (born March 26, 1990) is an American

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swimmer.

Early life and career

Everlove was born in

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, but upon finishing her

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year of St. Mary’s High School in July 2005, she and her family moved to

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. There, she qualified for the meeting with the International Paralympics Team at Portland, Oregon where she swam 100-meter butterfly. In 2007, she won gold for 50 metre freestyle and 2 silvers for 200 metre individual medley and 100 metre

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respectively at

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. In 2010 she won bronze at

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for another 200 metre individual medley. In 2011, at another Parapan American Games she won a gold one for 100 metre fly and the same year got silver again, this time for 100 metre

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. In summer 2008, with her parents' permission she left Kansas and settled in

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to attend training at the

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. As a result, she participated at

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event at the 2008 Summer Paralympic Games in

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where she won silver medals in the 100m butterfly, 50m freestyle and 200m

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. After the Paralympics she moved to Indiana where she decided to study

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at the St. Mary’s College. Upon completing a semester there, she decided to pursue a degree in

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at the

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instead, where, in 2011, she met Peggy Ewald, her new coach. In 2012, she returned to Colorado Springs and began attending

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