Amanda Rummery (born August 7, 1997) is a Canadian para-athletics sprinter who competes in 100-metre, 200-metre, and 400-metre events.

Early life and education

Rummery graduated from Archbishop Jordan Catholic High School. Shortly after, she was in ATV accident in 2015 in Kenora when nerves in her left arm were severed from her spinal cord, leaving her paralyzed from her shoulder down. After three years undergoing multiple unsuccessful surgeries to repair the nerves, her arm was amputated below the elbow in 2018. Rummery graduated from

MacEwan University Grant MacEwan University, commonly known as MacEwan University, is a public university located in Downtown Edmonton, Alberta. Originally established as a community college which was named in honor of Dr. Grant MacEwan, 9th Lieutenant Governor of ...

. She attends the

University of Alberta The University of Alberta (also known as U of A or UAlberta, ) is a public research university located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It was founded in 1908 by Alexander Cameron Rutherford, the first premier of Alberta, and Henry Marshall Tory, t ...

in the Faculty of Education student and competes for the University of Alberta Pandas.

Career

In 2017, Rummery took up track, joining Edmonton's Steadward Bears. In May 2019, she won three silver medals at the 2019 Desert Challenge Games in Phoenix, Arizona. She made her major games debut at the

2019 Parapan American Games The 2019 Parapan American Games (), officially the VI Pan American Games and commonly known as the Lima 2019 ParaPan-Am Games, were an international multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities, celebrated in the tradition of the Parapan Am ...

, competing in the women's 100-metre, 200-metre, and 400-metre T47. She placed fifth in both the 100-metre and 200-metre events. She competed at the

2019 World Para Athletics Championships The 2019 World Para Athletics Championships was a Paralympic athletics, Paralympic track and field event organised by the World Para Athletics subcommittee of the International Paralympic Committee. It was held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates from ...

and narrowly missed qualifying for the

2020 Summer Paralympics The , branded as the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport event, multi-sport parasports event held from 24 August to 5 September 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. They were the 16th Summer Paralympic Games as organized by the Inte ...

. At the 2022 Warmup to Worlds meet, Rummery won the women's T46 400-metre, setting a new personal best time, despite being an alternate on the start list and only learning she would compete shortly before the race began. She placed fourth in the 400-metre, missing a podium finish by about half a second, and sixth in the 200-metre at the

2023 World Para Athletics Championships The 2023 World Para Athletics Championships was a Paralympic track and field meet organized by the World Para Athletics subcommittee of the International Paralympic Committee. It was the 10th edition of the event and was held in the Charlety St ...

. After winning the para-ambulatory 400-metre final at the Bell Trials in Montreal, Rummery qualified to compete at the

2024 Summer Paralympics The 2024 Summer Paralympics (), also known as the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games (), and branded as Paris 2024, were the 17th Summer Paralympic Games, an international Multi-sport event, multi-sport parasports event governed by the International P ...

in Paris. As of July 2024, she holds the Canadian T46 record in the 100-metre, 200-metre, and 400-metre and is ranked second in the world. She placed fifth in the women’s T47 400m final at the Paralympics.

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