Amanda Rummery

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. 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. She attends the University of Alberta 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 competed at the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships and narrowly missed qualifying for the 2020 Summer Paralympics. 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.

After winning the para-ambulatory 400-metre final at the Bell Trials in Montreal, Rummery qualified to compete at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris.