Amanda JENNINGS

Type of Impairment
Limb deficiency (canoe.org.au, 17 May 2016)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (canoe.org.au, 17 May 2016)

Impairment Details
In April 2012 she underwent surgery to amputate her right leg below the knee. She made the decision to remove the limb as a result of living in constant pain after injuring her knee 20 years earlier. Her injury had been aggravated by a condition that affected her central nervous system. (canoe.org.au, 17 May 2016; heraldsun.com.au, 20 Apr 2016; au.news.yahoo.com, 13 May 2014)

Awards
She was Australia's flag bearer at the 2016 World 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)

General
BOAT
She competes in a rainbow coloured boat, which she has named 'Douglas' or 'Doug' after US boxer James 'Buster' Douglas and World War II double amputee pilot Douglas Bader. "I am very excited to show off my new rainbow boat. It is about demonstrating that elite athletes can have fun at the same time." (canoe.org.au, 11 Feb 2016)