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}} Amy Louise Winters, OAM〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Winters, Amy Louise )〕 (born 19 March 1978) is an arm amputee Australian Paralympic athlete. She won seven medals at three Paralympics including five gold medals. She was born in Kempsey, New South Wales without her lower right arm.〔 She has two older sisters.〔 She attended Kempsey High School and after leaving school in 1995 worked for Kempsey Shire Council. Whilst in Kempsey, she was coached by Lloyd Smith.〔 At the 1994 IPC Athletics World Championships in Berlin, she won silver medals in the Women's 100, and 200 m and long jump T45-46 events. She made her Paralympics debut as an 18-year-old at the 1996 Atlanta Games, where she won a gold medal in the Women's 200 m T42-46 event, for which she received a Medal of the Order of Australia,〔 and a bronze medal in the Women's 100 m T42-46 event.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=10 September 2011 )〕 After the Atlanta Games, She moved to Sydney after she was offered a job with Westpac under the Paralympic Employment Program for elite athletes with disabilities. In Sydney she was coached by Col Wright.〔 At the 1998 IPC Athletics World Championships in Birmingham, she won gold medals in the Women's 100 m and 200m T46 events. At 2000 Sydney Games, she won two gold medals in the 100 m T46 and 200 m T46 events, and a bronze medal in the 400 m T46 event.〔 She felt under enormous pressure going into the Sydney Games due to being the 200 m title holder from Atlanta. She said "“I did feel a lot of pressure, but the greatest pressure I felt was the pressure I put on myself. I remember before my final in the 200m, I felt like I was going to be physically sick. I’d never felt like that before. My usual mindset was ‘whatever happens happens."〔 She won two more gold medals at the 2004 Athens Games in the 100 m and 200 m T46 events.〔 She was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder in the lead up to the Athens Games and was coached by Iryna Dvoskina.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.ausport.gov.au/ais/history/achievements/paralympics )〕 She retired in 2005.〔 In 2012, she is Australian Paralympic Committee's Manager, Marketing and Sponsorship.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.paralympic.org.au/content/branches-representatives )〕 She is married to Sean and in January 2010 she gave birth to their first child Tom.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.paralympic.org.au/news/sydney-set-standard-says-sprint-queen-winters )〕 ==Recognition== * 1996 - OAM〔 * 2000 - Australian Sports Medal〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Winters, Amy Louise: Australian Sports Medal )〕 * 2009 - inducted in the Little Athletics Roll of Excellence〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.littleathletics.com.au/customdata/index.cfm?fuseaction=display_main&ItemID=27961&OrgID=3664. )〕 * 2012 - inducted into New South Wales Hall of Champions〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.sopa.nsw.gov.au/resource_centre/park_news/2012_park_news/nsw_hall_of_champions_inducts_five_outstanding_athletes )〕 * 2014 - inducted into the Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre Path of Champions〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.aquaticcentre.com.au/attractions/path_of_champions/2014_induction_ceremony )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Amy Winters」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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