Amber Parkinson is an Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

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Fencing

Fencing, which is also known as modern fencing to distinguish it from historical fencing, is a family of combat sports using bladed weapons.Fencing is one of four sports which have been featured at every one of the modern Olympic Games...

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As an Athlete

Parkinson was ranked first in the Australian Open Fencing Championships in December 2007. In August 2007 Parkinson competed in the Asian Fencing Championships Nantong

Nantong

Nantong is a prefecture-level city in Jiangsu province, People's Republic of China. Located on the northern bank of the Yangtze River, near the river mouth, Nantong is a vital river port bordering Yancheng to the north, Taizhou to the west, Suzhou and Shanghai to the south across the river, and...

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China

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, coming second. Parkinson also competed at several fencing tournaments in Europe for 10 weeks in early 2008 resulting in her qualifying for the Australian Olympic Fencing Team for Beijing 2008

2008 Summer Olympics

The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...

. In April 2008 Parkinson came third in the Asian Fencing Championships.

Achievements

• Australian Open Fencing Championships December 2007, Gold
• Asian Fencing Championships, Nantong, China, August 2007, Silver
• Asian Fencing championships, Bangkok, Thailand, April 2008, Bronze
• Germany Fencing Championships Berlin, June 2000 Gold

External links

• Amber Parkinson's official website
• Parkinson's bio on the Australian Olympic Games team website.