CERNA Amanda

Date of Birth: 3 Sep 1998

Age: 23

Gender: Female

Sport Class: T47

Place of birth: SANTIAGO

Birth Country:

Chile

Place of residence : SANTIAGO

Residence Country:

Chile

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Women's 200m - T47
	Women's 400m - T47	6

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 400m - T47 Round 1 - Heat 2	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 400m - T47 Final	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 200m - T47 Round 1 - Heat 2	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Paralympic Games
4	400m - T47	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	1:01.48
8	200m - T47	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	28.19
World Championships
4	400m - T47	2017	London, GBR	1:02.44
5	400m - T47	2019	Dubai, UAE	59.25
6	400m - T47	2015	Doha, QAT	1:06.71
9	200m - T47	2019	Dubai, UAE	26.26
9	200m - T47	2017	London, GBR	28.66
11	200m - T47	2015	Doha, QAT	28.88
13	100m - T47	2019	Dubai, UAE	12.98
17	100m - T47	2015	Doha, QAT	14.00

Mandy (Facebook profile, 05 May 2020)

Occupation:

Languages spoken:

Raul Moya [national, personal]

Sporting relatives:

Her twin sister Javiera has competed in able-bodied athletics at national level in Chile. (biobiochile.cl, 09 Jan 2017)

2015 for Chile, Grand Prix in Sao Paulo, Brazil (Athlete, 22 Oct 2015)

She took up the sport in 2012 while she was at school. (Athlete, 22 Oct 2015)

A sports teacher encouraged her to attend a Para sport trial in Santiago, Chile. "Watching other people with an impairment training motivated me to do the same." (mujerimpacta.cl, 02 Nov 2016)

To win a medal at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (Castro Municipio TV, 17 Apr 2020)

She trains at the High Performance Centre [CAR] in Santiago, Chile. (pauta.cl, 09 Nov 2020)

Placing fourth in the T47 400m at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (SportsDeskOnloine, 16 Apr 2021; biobiochile.cl, 08 Mar 2019; paralimpicoschile.wordpress.com, 27 Nov 2018)

Chilean sprinter Isidora Jimenez. (Athlete, 22 Oct 2015)

Her parents and her brother. (Athlete, 22 Oct 2015)

Philosophy:

"People don't know what dreams others have. My advice is to do what motivates you and follow your dreams. Nobody should tell you what to do." (biobiochile.cl, 08 Mar 2019)

She was named the 2019 Athlete of the Year in Castro, Chile. (castromunicipio.cl, 24 Dec 2019)

She was named the 2017 Para Athlete of the Year by the Sports Journalists' Circle in Chile. (teleton.cl, 19 Dec 2017)

In 2016 she was named Best Para Athlete and Sport Promise of the Year by the Sports Journalists' Circle in Chile. She was also presented with the Most Outstanding Para Athlete Performance award by the same body. (biobiochile.cl, 09 Jan 2017)

General Interest

Classification
T47 (IPC, 22 Mar 2021)

Type of Impairment
Limb deficiency (cpb.org.br, 09 Aug 2019)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (cpb.org.br, 09 Aug 2019)

Impairment Details
She was born with a malformation to her left arm. (cpb.org.br, 09 Aug 2019)

General
SPORTING FOCUS
In 2017 she decided to quit her studies in order to focus on training, and relocated from Castro in Chile to the capital city of Santiago. "I came to Santiago to achieve my best form. In Chiloe [the island where her family live] I didn't have the best conditions. I applied for a scholarship to train at the High Performance Centre and I stay there as a resident athlete to travel less." (paralimpicoschile.wordpress.com, 27 Nov 2018; biobiochile.cl, 09 Jan 2017)

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Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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