Personal information | |||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Born | Paddington, New South Wales | 19 September 1991||||||||||||||
Medal record
|
Amy Meyer (born 19 September 1991) is an Australian judoka. She won a bronze medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in the women's 48 kg division. She has also earned a bronze medal in World Cup Competition.
Meyer started training with Warren Rosser, a University of New South Wales (UNSW) judo coach, at age seven.[1] She is also a former Emanuel School student.[2] In 2013, she graduated from Sydney University.[3]
Meyer moved into the Senior Competitive ranks in 2009 and has participated in numerous continental and regional matches.[4] In 2013, she won a bronze medal in the World Cup Competition in Apia, Samoa, which she had also done the previous year.[5] In 2014, Meyer won a bronze medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in the women's 48 kg division.[6] The Commonwealth Games were a possible stepping stone for Meyer to go on to the 2016 Olympic Games.[2] Meyer has called the experience of being considered for the 2016 Olympics "surreal."[1] Her current coach, Kylie Koenig, is also part of UNSW.[2]
Meyer describes her training schedule as normally twice a day, six to seven days a week.[7] She combines judo training with weights and conditioning.[7] In order to pursue judo and her dream of the Olympics, she has put her career on hold.[3]