Amanda Everlove (born 1988 or 1989) is an American

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swimmer.

Early life and career

Everlove was born in

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, but upon finishing her freshman year of St. Mary’s High School in July 2005, she and her family moved to

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. There, she qualified for the meeting with the International Paralympics Team at Portland, Oregon where she swam 100-meter butterfly. In 2007 she won gold for 50 metre freestyle and 2 silvers for 200 metre individual medley and 100 metre

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respectively at

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. In 2010 she won bronze at

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for another 200 metre individual medley. In 2011, at another Parapan American Games she won a gold one for 100 metre fly and the same year got silver again, this time for 100 metre breaststroke. In summer 2008, with her parents' permission she left Kansas and settled in Colorado Springs, Colorado to attend training at the

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. As a result, she participated at

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event at the 2008 Summer Paralympic Games in

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, China where she won silver medals in the 100m butterfly, 50m freestyle and 200m

individual medley Medley is a combination of four different swimming styles—backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, and freestyle—into one race. This race is either swum by one swimmer as individual medley (IM) or by four swimmers as a medley relay. Individual m ...

. After the Paralympics she moved to Indiana where she decided to study

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at the St. Mary’s College. Upon completing a semester there, she decided to pursue a degree in pharmacy at the

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instead, where, in 2011, she met Peggy Ewald, her new coach. In 2012 she returned to Colorado Springs at began attending

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Everlove, Amanda 1980s births Living people Paralympic swimmers for the United States Paralympic silver medalists for the United States Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics S8-classified para swimmers Saint Mary's College (Indiana) alumni Ohio Northern University alumni University of Colorado alumni People from Valencia, Santa Clarita, California Sportspeople from Santa Clarita, California Medalists at the World Para Swimming Championships Paralympic medalists in swimming Medalists at the 2007 Parapan American Games Medalists at the 2011 Parapan American Games American female freestyle swimmers American female backstroke swimmers American female breaststroke swimmers American female butterfly swimmers American female medley swimmers 21st-century American sportswomen St. Mary's High School (Stockton, California) alumni