Amy Alsop
Amy Alsop is a Canadian Paralympian from Saskatoon. She is a two-time Paralympic gold medalist for goalball.
Early life[edit]
Alsop was born with only 10 per cent of her vision and used Canadian National Institute for the Blind services to gain independence.[1] While learning to swim, Alsop met the coach of the local goalball team who encouraged her to join the sport.[2]
Career[edit]
Alsop joined the Canadian National goalball team in 1997.[3] She competed in the 2000 Summer Paralympics where she won a gold medal in Goalball.[4]
Alsop was again selected to compete with Team Canada at the 2004 Summer Paralympics,[5] where she won another gold medal by only allowing in 1.5 goals on 419 shots. As a result, she was nominated by Saskatchewan Blind Sports for the 2004 Athlete of the Month Award.[6]
After retiring, she was hired at SaskTel in Regina as a service development manager.[1] In 2013, she was appointed community co-chair of the Citizen Consultation Team by the Government of Saskatchewan.[7]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Giesbrecht, Lynn (August 17, 2018). "Paralympian doing coin drop at Riders diversity game". Regina Leader-Post. Retrieved December 12, 2019.
- ^ "Interview with Amy Alsop, Paralympics goalball champion". english.sina.com. September 9, 2008. Retrieved December 12, 2019.
- ^ "'Great defence' key to Canada's retaining its goalball championship". The Globe and Mail. September 27, 2004. Retrieved December 12, 2019.
- ^ "A world-class athlete brings home the gold". ocnarchives.usask.ca. November 10, 2000. Retrieved December 12, 2019.
- ^ "SASKATCHEWAN ATHLETES TO COMPETE IN 2004 OLYMPICS". saskatchewan.ca. July 26, 2004. Retrieved December 12, 2019.
- ^ "2004 Athlete of the Month Awards". sasksport.sk.ca. 2004. Retrieved December 12, 2019.
- ^ "CITIZEN CONSULTATION TEAM MEMBERS ANNOUNCED". saskatchewan.ca. October 30, 2013. Retrieved December 12, 2019.
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