RIDLEY Amy

Date of Birth: 10 Jul 2002

Age: 19

Gender: Female

Sport Class: B2

Place of residence : SYDNEY, NSW

Residence Country:

Australia

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Goalball	Women AUS Australia	8

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Makuhari Messe Hall C	Women's Preliminary - Group C #06 ISR Israel 11 AUS Australia 1	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall C	Women's Preliminary - Group C #18 AUS Australia 0 CHN China 6	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall C	Women's Preliminary - Group C #22 CAN Canada 3 AUS Australia 4	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall C	Women's Preliminary - Group C #34 AUS Australia 4 RPC RPC 1	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall C	Women's Quarterfinal #47 TUR Turkey 10 AUS Australia 6	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Listening to music, singing. (paralympic.org.au, 01 Jan 2020)

Occupation:

Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, AUS

Languages spoken:

Peter Corr [national]

She took up goalball in 2017. (paralympic.org.au, 01 Jan 2020)

She tried the sport at a Goalball 4 Schools programme. "What I wasn't completely aware of or didn't take advantage of at a younger age was the number of visually impaired sporting opportunities there were in New South Wales. Personally I enjoy goalball as it is completely unique and kind of a bit addictive. It's also 100% inclusive because everyone on court is completely blindfolded." (Save Sight Institute YouTube channel, 13 Oct 2020; paralympic.org.au, 01 Jan 2020)

Debuting for Australia in 2019 at the World Youth Championships in Hungary. (Save Sight Institute YouTube channel, 13 Oct 2020; paralympic.org.au, 01 Jan 2020)

Her parents. (paralympic.org.au, 01 Jan 2020)

Philosophy:

"Say yes to opportunities, friendships, avenues, because they have to lead you somewhere." (Save Sight Institute YouTube channel, 13 Oct 2020)

She was named Young Coach of the Year at the 2020 New South Wales Community Sports Awards in Australia. At the time she coached younger players at local and state level. (The Vision Bulletin, 01 Aug 2020)

General Interest

Classification
B2 (IBSA, 01 Aug 2021)

Type of Impairment
Vision impairment (paralympic.org.au, 01 Jan 2020)

Impairment Details
At age six she was diagnosed with an auto-immune disease called panuveitis. "It's an auto-immune disease that results in inflammation of the eye. But then I just kept getting unlucky. I faced countless medical complications with everything from, UV glaucoma to macular edema to cataracts to exudative retinal detachments to vitreous hemorrhages and to retinal tumors. I've been treated for it with everything from extensive eye drops and tablets to low-dose chemotherapy, monthly biologic drug infusions, eye injections, eye implants and over 40 procedures. It has left me with restricted visual fields and a visual acuity in my right eye of somewhere less than 260, and minimal functional vision in my left eye." (Save Sight Institute YouTube channel, 13 Oct 2020; paralympic.org.au, 01 Jan 2020)

General
INFUSION INJECTION
In July 2021 she was taught how to self inject a dose of infusion medication for her auto-immune condition so that she could self administer in hotel quarantine on return from the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. "Another random skill to add to my repertoire! I'm so thankful for my medical team and all the efforts they've put in over the last month to make the Paralympics a viable option in terms of my health and medical condition." (Instagram profile, 27 Jul 2021)

Social Media

Legend

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

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