RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - SEPTEMBER 12: Amy Burk of Canada in action during Goalball - Women's Preliminary - Group D match between China and Canada at Future Arena on day 5 of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games at on September 12, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Amy Burk says she fell in love with goalball, but only after initially thinking the sport wasn't for her. Amy Burk remembers the tension of her team competing in the goalball final at the Parapan American Games in Chile last year — knowing that a win could secure a spot at the Paralympics in Paris.
In Chile, Burk and her team secured a 4-3 victory over the U.S., winning Canada's first ever gold in goalball at the Parapan Am Games, after three consecutive bronze medals.Burk was born with albinism, a genetic condition that affects a person's hair, skin and eye colour, and can often lead to vision problems.
The amount of media attention our team has been getting over the last year has been nothing but phenomenal. A lot of times when people hear that we're going to the Paralympics and they always ask what sport? And as soon as you say goalball, it's like deer in the headlights — nobody knows. What would you tell a young athlete, visually impaired or not, who is hearing this and might be looking up to you as an athletic hero?
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