Amy Chow began training in gymnastics in 1981 coached by Mark Young, and has competed in national and international competitions since 1990.  She won a silver medal on the uneven bars and a team gold in the 1996 Olympics.  She also competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics, although the team did not win a medal in Sydney, she was ranked second.

Chow has two gymnastic moves named after her, the "Chow" and the "Chow II".  They are a stalder 1 1/2 pirouette and a stalder Shaposhnikova.

She has been nicknamed "the Trickster" for her difficulty on each apparatus and her ability to perform these complicated skills with apparent ease.  She was the first American woman to perform both the double twisting Yurchenko and the tucked double dismount on bars in international competition.

In addition to Chow's gymnastic career, she is also a pianist.  She received an advanced level certificate of merit for piano.  She is currently attending medical school at Stanford, having earned an undergraduate degree in biology in 2002, with the goal of eventually becoming a pediatrician.  Amy competed as a pole vaulter for Stanford, but is not currently on the roster.

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