Quick facts

Birthdate

August 7, 1997

Hometown

Sherwood Park, Alberta

Residence

Sherwood Park, Alberta

Sport

Para Athletics

Experience

Paris 2024

Lima 2019

Amanda Rummery competes in the 100 m, 200 m and 400 m in the T47 category. In 2024, she broke the Paralympic standard in the 400m with a Canadian record of 57.99 at a competition in California, ranking her second in the world.

She set a new personal best of 59.06 to finish fourth in the 400m and a season’s best of 26.61 to finish 6th in the 200m at the 2023 Para Athletics World Championships. She made her world championship debut in 2019.

Rummery made her major games debut at the 2019 Parapan American Games.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

2019 Parapan American Games…. World Championships 2019, 2023

PERSONAL

His left arm was paralyzed in an ATV accident in 2015, leading to amputation in 2018; Bachelor of Education from the University of Alberta; Bachelor of Commerce from MacEwan University.

NOTABLE INTERNATIONAL RESULTS

2023 400m World Championships 4th
2023 200m World Championships 6th
2019 Parapan American Games 100m 5th
2019 Parapan American Games 200m 5th
2019 World Championships 400m 9th