# Amanda Rummery

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{{Short description|Canadian para-athletics sprinter}}
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'''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.<ref name=":0" /> Shortly after, she was in ATV accident in 2015 in Kenora<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Kenney |first=Evan |date=July 23, 2024 |title=Sherwood Park, Alta., athlete ready for Paralympics debut after setting Canadian record |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/article/sherwood-park-alta-athlete-ready-for-paralympics-debut-after-setting-canadian-record/ |access-date=August 7, 2024 |website=CTV Edmonton |language=en}}</ref> 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.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Morey |first=Lindsay |date=July 18, 2024 |title=Sherwood Park's Rummery to make track debut at 2024 Paralympics |url=https://www.sherwoodparknews.com/sports/local-sports/rummery-to-make-track-debut-at-2024-paralympics |access-date=August 7, 2024 |work=Sherwood Park Strathcona County News}}</ref>

Rummery graduated from [MacEwan University](/source/MacEwan_University). She attends the [University of Alberta](/source/University_of_Alberta) in the Faculty of Education student and competes for the University of Alberta Pandas.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Hood |first=Connor |date=July 3, 2024 |title=Panda Amanda Rummery qualifies for 2024 Paralympic Games |url=https://bearsandpandas.ca/news/2024/7/3/panda-amanda-rummery-qualifies-for-2024-paralympic-games.aspx |access-date=August 7, 2024 |website=University of Alberta |language=en}}</ref>

== Career ==
In 2017, Rummery took up track, joining Edmonton's Steadward Bears.<ref name=":3">{{Cite news |last=Konguavi |first=Thandiwe |date=August 18, 2019 |title=Edmonton woman headed to Parapan Am Games in Peru, 1 year after amputation |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/1-year-after-amputation-edmonton-woman-headed-to-parapan-am-games-in-peru-1.5247549 |access-date=August 7, 2024 |work=CBC}}</ref> In May 2019, she won three silver medals at the 2019 Desert Challenge Games in Phoenix, Arizona.<ref name=":3" /> She made her major games debut at the [2019 Parapan American Games](/source/2019_Parapan_American_Games), competing in the women's 100-metre, 200-metre, and 400-metre T47.<ref name=":3" /> She placed  fifth in both the 100-metre and 200-metre events.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Amanda Rummery |url=https://paralympic.ca/athlete/amanda-rummery/ |access-date=August 7, 2024 |website=Canadian Paralympic Committee |language=en-US}}</ref> She competed at the [2019 World Para Athletics Championships](/source/2019_World_Para_Athletics_Championships) and narrowly missed qualifying for the [2020 Summer Paralympics](/source/2020_Summer_Paralympics).<ref name=":2" />

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.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=July 4, 2022 |title=Edmonton's Rummery, Arop bring Hometown Fans to their Feet at Warmup to Worlds meet |url=https://athletics.ca/blog/2022/07/04/edmontons-rummery-arop-bring-hometown-fans-to-their-feet-at-warmup-to-worlds-meet/ |access-date=August 7, 2024 |website=Athletics Canada |language=en-US}}</ref> She placed fourth in the [400-metre](/source/2023_World_Para_Athletics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_400_metres), missing a podium finish by about half a second,<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 14, 2023 |title=Canada's Lakatos lands 2nd silver medal at Para athletics worlds in Paris |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/paralympics/summer/2023-world-para-athletics-championships-friday-1.6907010 |access-date=August 7, 2024 |work=CBC}}</ref> and sixth in the [200-metre](/source/2023_World_Para_Athletics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_200_metres) at the [2023 World Para Athletics Championships](/source/2023_World_Para_Athletics_Championships).

After winning the para-ambulatory 400-metre final at the Bell Trials in Montreal, Rummery qualified to compete at the [2024 Summer Paralympics](/source/2024_Summer_Paralympics) in Paris.<ref name=":0" /> As of July 2024, she holds the Canadian T46 record in the 100-metre, 200-metre, and 400-metre<ref name=":1" /> and is ranked second in the world.<ref name=":2" /> She placed fifth in the women’s T47 400m final at the Paralympics.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maat |first=Sarah |date=August 31, 2024 |title=Paris 2024 Day 3 Recap: Nicholas Bennett and Tess Routliffe each take silver in the pool |url=https://paralympic.ca/news/paris-2024-day-3-recap-nicholas-bennett-and-tess-routliffe-each-take-silver-in-the-pool/ |access-date=September 1, 2024 |website=Canadian Paralympic Committee |language=en-US}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{World Athletics|canada/amanda-rummery-14991476}}
* {{Athletics Canada|amanda-rummery}}
* {{CPC profile|amanda-rummery}}
* {{IPC profile|amanda-rummery}}
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Category:1997 births
Category:Living people
Category:Canadian amputees
Category:Paralympic sprinters
Category:Paralympic track and field athletes for Canada
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
Category:Sportspeople at the 2019 Parapan American Games
Category:MacEwan University alumni
Category:University of Alberta alumni
Category:21st-century Canadian sportswomen
Category:Canadian women sprinters
Category:Sportspeople from Sherwood Park
Category:Sportswomen from Alberta

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