Amy Palmiero-Winters is a mother of two and full time welder from Meadville, PA who has been involved in competitive sports all of her life. Prior to her motorcycle accident in 1994, she competed in track, road racing, and she ran the Boston Marathon in 3:16. Following her accident and more than 25 surgeries, Amy again tried to become a successful athlete. She placed and beat the majority of her amputee opponents in competitions wearing a walking prosthesis. Since receiving her first running prosthesis in February of 2006, Amy has been repeatedly breaking records in the marathon and the triathlon. Her current aspirations include breaking the 3 hour mark for the marathon, and being the fastest amputee marathoner in the world. In addition, Amy plans to qualify for the Ironman world championships in her able bodied age group, as well as be the first female amputee to compete a 100 mile ultramarathon. Amy has been featured in articles in many prosthetic industry magazines, as well as local and national media; Amy will be featured in Runners World Boston Marathon issue in the spring of 2007.
Amy was featured in the May 2007 issue of Runners World Magazine. Click HERE to view the article.
Highlights:
2007
Westchester Triathlon Relay: 10K run - 00:38:18
Philadelphia Half Marathon: 01:25:00
2007 Runners World "Heroes of Running" award - Nominee
New York City Half Marathon
New York City Triathlon: 02:39:57
2007 ESPY Award Nomination - Best female athlete with a disability
Lake Placid Marathon:
Cleveland Marathon:
Boston Marathon:
ASPIRE 10 Kilometer Road race: 00:43:21
Achilles Track Club Hope & Possibility 5 mile race: 00:36:17
2006
ASPIRE 10 Kilometer Road race: 45:35 1st place
Rite Aid Cleveland Marathon: 3:26 ( new world record by over 25 minutes)
20th overall out of 3399 female runners, top 1% of all female able-bodied competitors
Med Express West Virginia ½ Ironman: 5:36:00 1st place age group.
Meadville, PA 5 Kilometer Race: 19:44 First Female overall
Erie 5 Kilometer race: 19:16
Nautica New York City Olympic Disatance Tritahlon: 2:25:24 1st place female, 2nd overall below knee amputee divison, 4th in age group against able bodied triathletes
Pittsburgh Olympic Distance Triathlon: 2:33:00 1st place age group
Chicago Olympic Distance Triathlon: 2:41:00
International Triathlon Union World Championships: 1st place
Chicago Marathon: 3:04:16 new world record 148th overall female out of 14,720 female competitors top 1% of all female able-bodied competitors
Received Amateur Elite invitation to the 2007 Chicago Triathlon
Featured in the 2006 Chicago Marathon results book
2005
Silver Strand ½ Marathon: 1:57:32
ITU world Triathlon Championships: 2:59:37 1st place
Goals:
Chicago Marathon - October, 2007
Philadelphia Marathon - November, 2007
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