WATT Amy

Date of Birth: 16 Dec 1997

Age: 23

Gender: Female

Sport Class: T47

Place of birth: STANFORD, CA

Birth Country:

United States of America

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Women's Long Jump - T47	5

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Long Jump	Women's Long Jump - T47 Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Paralympic Games
6	400m - T47	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	1:04.21
6	Long Jump - T47	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	5.15
10	100m - T47	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	13.66
World Championships
5	400m - T47	2015	Doha, QAT	1:03.55
7	Long Jump - T47	2015	Doha, QAT	5.23
8	Long Jump - T47	2019	Dubai, UAE	4.69
9	200m - T47	2015	Doha, QAT	27.87
14	100m - T47	2015	Doha, QAT	13.36

Occupation:

Athlete, Science Professional

Biology, Mathematics - Pomona College, Claremont, CA, USA

Languages spoken:

English, Mandarin, Spanish

Pomona-Pitzer [Claremont, CA, USA]

2015 for United States (Athlete, 25 Oct 2015)

She took up Para athletics in the seventh grade of middle school. (Athlete, 25 Oct 2015)

Her mother signed her up for the Amputee Coalition of America's Paddy Rossbach Youth Camp in 2008. "It looked like an extremely fun sport, and I wanted to train and compete with my friends." (Athlete, 25 Oct 2015; effeminize.org, 01 Jan 2015)

Her parents. (Athlete, 25 Oct 2015)

In 2020 she was named to the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference [SCIAC] All-Academic team. (thesciac.org, 16 Jul 2020)

In 2015 and 2016 she was named Female High School Field Athlete of the Year by US Paralympics. (teamusa.org, 19 Oct 2016)

In 2016 she was named a US Paralympics Track and Field High School All-American in the 100m, 200m, 400m, long jump and shot put. (teamusa.org, 19 Oct 2016)

In 2015 she was named a US Paralympics Track and Field High School All-American in the 100m, 200m, 400m and long jump. (teamusa.org, 03 Sep 2015)

General Interest

Classification
T47 (IPC, 21 Feb 2021)

Type of Impairment
Limb deficiency (Athlete, 25 Oct 2015)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (Athlete, 25 Oct 2015)

Impairment Details
She was born without her lower left arm and hand. (Athlete, 25 Oct 2015; gunnconnectionextra.blogspot.com, 28 Feb 2013)

General
OCCUPATION
In July 2020 she began working as a data scientist for social media company Facebook in the United Sates of America. (LinkedIn profile, 01 Jul 2020)

BREAK AND NATIONALITY SWITCH
After she competed at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro for the United States of America, she took a break from international competition to focus on her education at Pomona College in Claremont, California. She holds dual Canadian and US citizenship, and made the switch to represent Canada upon her return to the international stage at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru. "After I competed in Rio, I didn't do any Paralympic competitions for three years, but I have been competing with the school team at Pomona." (pomona.edu, 22 Aug 2019; sagehens.com, 14 Aug 2019)

STUDIES
She has studied for a double major in molecular biology and mathematics, and also acted as a chemistry course mentor to other students. Between June 2018 and August 2019 she worked as a data science and data analytics intern for social media company Facebook in the United Sates of America. (pomona.edu, 22 Aug 2019; LinkedIn profile, 01 Jan 2019)

Social Media

Legend

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

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