{"id":37639,"date":"2024-11-21T15:24:37","date_gmt":"2024-11-21T15:24:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kukrisports.com\/uk\/?page_id=37639"},"modified":"2025-11-25T15:02:28","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T15:02:28","slug":"ambassadors-amy-thompson","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.kukrisports.com\/uk\/ambassadors-amy-thompson\/","title":{"rendered":"Amy Thompson"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lazyblock-slideshow-1J2cg0 wp-block-lazyblock-slideshow\"><div class=\"big-slider stretchout \">\n\t<div class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slide  scale-up-on-mobile\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.kukrisports.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/11\/Untitled-design-2024-11-21T144935.553.png'); background-position: 50% 50%;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slide-overlay\"> <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slide-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slidecopy \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slidecopy-copy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Amy Thompson<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n    \t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Amy Thompson, the UK&#8217;s number one F41 shot putter, has been with Kukri Sports for two years and recently became a full brand ambassador. A rising star in para-athletics, Amy&#8217;s journey began at age three with Dwarf Sports Association, and she started throwing at club level for Challenge Disability in Liverpool at age seven.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Born with Achondroplasia, Amy has overcome every challenge to excel in her sport, including winning gold at the Italian Para Athletics Grand Prix, co-captaining England at the Home Countries U20 International and recently being crowned ambulant shot put champion at the Senior Para Championships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most recently, Amy represented Great Britain and Northern Ireland in her international debut at the World Para Athletics Championships. She came just shy of a personal best to finish seventh &#8211; an incredible achievement following her rapid rise to the world stage over the past 12 months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a Kukri ambassador, Amy continues to push her limits, inspire others, and embody the brand\u2019s ethos to \u2018Unleash Greatness.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-latest-news\"><strong>Latest News<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"530\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kukrisports.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/11\/1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37645\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"530\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kukrisports.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/11\/2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37647\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"530\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kukrisports.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/11\/3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37649\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-follow-amy-on-social-media\"><strong>FOLLOW AMY ON SOCIAL MEDIA&#8230;<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/amyrcthompson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">INSTAGRAM <\/a>| <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/amy.thompson.52687506\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FACEBOOK<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/amythomothrows\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">X<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amy Thompson, the UK&#8217;s number one F41 shot putter, has been with Kukri Sports for two years and recently became a full brand ambassador. 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