Portrait of Amanda Jennings

Amanda Jennings

Team Recurve Open
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Biography
Reason: She previously competed in Para canoe sprint at international level. She switched to Para archery following an injury in 2021. "During my rehabilitation I still had that fire to compete and [I] went to a come and try day run by Archery Australia and fell in love with the sport of archery." (archery.org.au, 01 Jan 2022) Ambition: To compete at the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris. (Instagram profile, 05 Mar 2024) Awards: She was Australia's flag bearer at the 2016 World Para Canoe Championships in Duisburg, Germany. (canoe.org.au, 17 May 2016) She received the People's Choice Award at the 2015 Australian Canoeing Awards. (canoe.org.au, 15 Nov 2015)
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Personal Details
GenderFemale
Birth DateOctober 7, 1971
Place of ResidenceGOLD COAST, QLD
OccupationAthlete
Languages SpokenEnglish
CoachRicci Cheah [national], AUS
Highlights

PARA ARCHERY
RankEventYearLocation
World Championships
6Team Recurve Open2023Plzen, CZE
9Team Recurve Open2023Plzen, CZE
17Individual Recurve Open2023Plzen, CZE

PARA CANOE
RankEventYearLocationResult
Paralympic Games
2Kayak Single 200m - KL32016Rio de Janeiro, BRA51.378
10Kayak Single 200m - KL32020Tokyo, JPN53.373
ICF Paracanoe World Championships
1Kayak Single 200m - KL32017Racice, CZE50.344
1Kayak Single 200m - KL32015Milan, ITA50.501
2Kayak Single 200m - KL32018Montemor-o-Velho, POR53.881
2Kayak Single 200m - KL32016Duisburg, GER51.686
3Women's K1 200m LTA2014Moscow, RUS51.247
7Kayak Single 200m - KL32019Szeged, HUN50.46