Amy Atkinson

Amy Atkinson
nation	Guam
birthday	5th August 1989 (age 31)
place of birth	Ostfildern ,  FR Germany
size	165 cm
Weight	55 kg
Career
discipline	Obstacle course, long distance
Best performance	800 meters: 2: 18.53 min 1500 meters: 4: 56.34 min
Medal table
Oceania Championships 1 × 2 × 1 × Micronesia Games 1 × 2 × 0 ×
Micronesia Games gold Koror 2010 1500 m silver Koror 2010 4 × 100 m silver Koror 2010 800 m Athletics Oceania Championship gold Apia 2011 5000 m silver Apia 2011 800 m silver Apia 2011 1500 m bronze Cairns 2012 1500 m

Amy Atkinson (born August 5, 1989 in Ostfildern , Germany ) is a Guamese soccer player and athlete . She specializes in long distance races and obstacle races .

Career

Amy Atkinson took part in the 2010 Guam National Athletics Championships, where she won three gold medals. At the 2011 Oceania Athletics Championships , she set a new national record in the 3000 m obstacle course . In addition, she won the gold medal over 5000 meters and the silver medal over 800 and 1500 meters. Atkinson represented Guam over 400 meters at the World Indoor Athletics Championships 2012 in Istanbul .

At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, she started over 800 meters in the heats. With a time of 2: 18.53 minutes, she was able to surpass her personal best by almost 3 seconds, while at the same time setting the national record that has existed for 22 years. However, she could not qualify for the semi-finals.

In addition to her athletics career, she also played soccer for the Guam national team.

Personal

Amy Atkinson studied at Biola University and was active there on the soccer team.

Web links

• Amy Atkinson in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Amy Atkinson in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Alumna Amy Atkinson ('11) Pursues Olympic Dreams. July 24, 2012, accessed February 15, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Athletics team looks ahead. In: Pacific Daily News. September 11, 2011, accessed February 15, 2019 .