Name: Amy Watt

Sport: Track and Field

Discipline(s): Track and Field

Event(s): 100, 400, long jump

Classification: T47

Height: 5'6"

Weight: 115

DOB: 12/16/1997

Birthplace: Palo Alto, Calif.

Hometown: Palo Alto, Calif.

High School: Henry Gunn High School (Palo Alto, California) ‘16

College: Pomona College '20

Paralympic Experience

• One-time Paralympian (2016)
• Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, 6th (400m, long jump)

World Championship Experience

• Most Recent: 2015 - 5th (400m), 7th (long jump)
• Years of Participation: 2015

Other Career Highlights

• 2016 U.S. Paralympic Team Trials - Track & Field, 1st (400m), 2nd (long jump), 3rd (100m, 200m)

Personal: Daughter of Jeff Watt and Gwen Liang...Born without part of her left arm...Started soccer in kindergarten and continued playing through sophomore year high school....Joined track & field in seventh grade....Aspires to be a veterinarian...In 2014, she discovered the Paralympic track and field watching a friend compete at the U.S. Paralympics Track and Field National Championships in San Mateo, California and was invited to run in the 4x100m relay....Competes on the Pomona-Pitzer Varsity Women's Track & Field Team...Speaks Mandarin Chinese.