Amanda Reid

This article is about the cyclist and swimmer. For the malacologist, see Amanda Reid (malacologist).
Amanda Reid

Reid at the 2011 Oceania Paralympic Championships
Personal information
Full name Amanda Reid
Nationality  Australia
Born (1996-11-12) 12 November 1996
Blaxland, New South Wales, Australia
Sport
Sport Swimming
Classifications S14, SB14, SM14 and S8 (Swimming); C2 (Cycling)

Amanda Reid (born 12 November 1996) is an Australian Paralympic swimmer and cyclist. She represented Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in swimming.[1][2] At the 2016 Summer Paralympics, she won a silver medal in the Women's 500 m Time Trial C1–3.[3][4]

Personal

Reid was born 12 November 1996.[2] She is from Blaxland, New South Wales.[5][6]

Career

Swimming

Reid was an S14 classified swimmer.[2] She was classified as an S8 swimmer for the 2015 New South Wales Multi-Class Championships.[7] She was a member of Woy Woy Swim club. [8][9] At the 2010 Australian All Schools Swimming Championships, she won ten medals,[6] eight of which were gold.[10] She competed at the 2011 Global Games as a fourteen-year-old.[11] She was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in swimming[2] competing in the S14 100 metre breaststroke event.[8]

Cycling

After the 2012 London Paralympics, she transferred to cycling. At her first major international competition, she won a silver medal in the Women's C2 500 m Time Trial at the 2016 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Montichiari, Italy.[12]

At the 2016 Summer Paralympics, she won a silver medal in the Women's 500 m Time Trial C1–3. [4] Her other results were 11th in both the Women's Road Time trial C1-3 and Women's Road Race C1-3. [4]

In 2016, she is a New South Wales Institute of Sport scholarship holder.[13]

References

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  1. ↑ Australian Paralympic Committee. Amanda Reid Biography (See "Biography" tab)
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Amanda Fowler". Australia: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2012. Archived from the original on 4 July 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
  3. ↑ Walsh, Scott (30 May 2016). "Five-time gold medallist Kieran Modra facing unusual 'first' in storied Paralympics career". Adelaide Advertiser. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 "Amanda Reid". Rio Paralympics Official site. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
  5. ↑ Cleggett, Michael (18 July 2012). "Meet our Mountains Olympians". Blue Mountains Gazette. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
  6. 1 2 Georgakopoulos, Chris. "Blaxland girl eyes Paralympics". Penrith Press.
  7. ↑ Swimming NSW 2015 Swimming NSW MC Championships – 10/10/2015 Page 12
  8. 1 2 Brady, Justin (8 August 2012). "Leo gets set for Games". Penrith City Gazette.
  9. ↑ Brady, Justin (29 June 2011). "Pooled talent offers bright future". Penrith Star. Archived from the original on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
  10. ↑ Brady, Justin (8 July 2010). "Swimmer breaks eight records". Penrith Star. Archived from the original on 4 March 2011. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
  11. ↑ Herbertson, Lisa (18 October 2011). "JUNIOR SPORTS STAR: Blaxland swimmer looking to London Olympics". Penrith Press.
  12. ↑ "Tandem gold to Modra & Edwards at Para Track Worlds". Cycling Australia News. 19 March 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  13. ↑ "Five NSWIS Para-cyclists pedalling towards Rio". New South Wales Institute of Sport website. 31 May 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2016.

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