BURK Amy

Date of Birth: 17 Mar 1990

Age: 31

Gender: Female

Sport Class: B3

Place of birth: CHARLOTTETOWN, PEI

Birth Country:

Canada

Place of residence : OTTAWA, ON

Residence Country:

Canada

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Goalball	Women CAN Canada	9

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Makuhari Messe Hall C	Women's Preliminary - Group C #02 RPC RPC 5 CAN Canada 1	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall C	Women's Preliminary - Group C #14 CAN Canada 6 ISR Israel 2	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 #38 CHN China 4 CAN Canada 2	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Paralympic Games
5	Women	2012	London, GBR
5	Women	2008	Beijing, CHN
6	Women	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA

Previous names:

Husband Tyler, sons Lucas [2014] and Ryan [2018]

Languages spoken:

Ontario [Canada]

Trent Farebrother [national], CAN

Position style:

Right wing (paralympics.ca, 01 Dec 2019)

Sporting relatives:

Her sister-in-law Whitney Bogart has also represented Canada in goalball. She competed at the 2012 and 2016 Paralympic Games, and won bronze at the Parapan American Games in 2015 and 2019. (SportsDeskOnline, 07 Aug 2021; paralympics.ca, 01 Dec 2019)

2005 for Canada (paralympic.ca, 01 Aug 2008)

She took up goalball in 2004 and began competing in 2005. (paralympic.ca, 18 May 2015)

After initially playing basketball, she was introduced to the sport by a vision support teacher. She made two attempts at taking up the sport as the speed and strength of the game caught her off guard. (blindsports.on.ca, 30 Jul 2015; paralympic.ca, 18 May 2015)

To win a medal at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (Twitter profile, 26 Jul 2021)

Philosophy:

"Never give up after your first try. When I first tried goalball I thought it was silly. Now look at me." (blindsports.on.ca, 30 Jul 2015)

General Interest

Classification
B3 (IBSA, 07 Aug 2021)

Type of Impairment
Vision impairment (canadianblindsports.ca, 21 Jul 2015)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (paralympics.ca, 01 Dec 2019; saltwire.com, 24 Jun 2021)

Impairment Details
She was born with albinism and has a visual impairment. (paralympics.ca, 01 Dec 2019; saltwire.com, 24 Jun 2021)

General
RETIREMENT THOUGHTS
She considered retiring after the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo, but after the Games were postponed into 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, she says she will aim to compete at the 2024 Games in Paris. "When Canada announced they weren't sending a team [to the 2020 Games in Tokyo, before the postponement was announced], it was heart-breaking at first because this very well could have been my last chance at a medal, my last chance of representing Canada, while understanding fully why the Canadian team backed out. When I end my athletic career I want it to be on my own terms, not being forced out. I think the chances of me staying on until Paris are very likely now that the [Paralympic cycle] will be a lot shorter." (saltwire.com, 24 Jun 2021)

Social Media

https://twitter.com/burkamy7

Legend

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

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