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Born | Blaxland, New South Wales, Australia | 12 November 1996|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Classifications | S14, SB14, SM14 and S8 (Swimming); C2 (Cycling) ; SB-LL1 (Snowboarding) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | St George Cycling Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Amanda Reid OAM (formerly Amanda Fowler; [1] 12 November 1996) is an Australian Paralympic swimmer, cyclist and snowboarder. She represented Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in swimming. [2] [3] [4] At the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Paralympics, she won a silver medal in the Women's 500 m Time Trial C1–3 [5] [6] and at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics a gold medal in the 500 m Time Trial C1–3. [7] In 2023, she won a gold medal at the 2023 World Para Snowboard Championships.
Reid was born on 12 November 1996 with spastic quadriplegia and an intellectual disability. [1] [4] [8] She is from the Blue Mountains town of Blaxland in New South Wales. [9] [10] She has heritage from the Wemba-Wemba and Guringai people. [11] She attended Blaxland High School and Endeavour Sports High School. [12] [13]
At around the age of nine she won national titles in able-bodied short-track speed skating competitions, becoming the first person to win Australian, New Zealand, and all-Australian state titles for her age in one year. [14] [15]
Reid (who competed as Amanda Fowler) was an S14 classified swimmer. [4] She was classified as an S8 swimmer for the 2015 New South Wales Multi-Class Championships. [16] She was a member of Woy Woy Swim club. [17] [18] At the 2010 Australian All Schools Swimming Championships, she won ten medals, [10] eight of which were gold. [19] She competed at the 2011 Global Games as a fourteen-year-old. [20] She was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in swimming [4] competing in the S14 100-metre breaststroke event. [17]
After the 2012 London Paralympics, she changed her surname to Reid and 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. [21]
At the 2016 Summer Paralympics, she won a silver medal in the Women's 500 m Time Trial C1–3. [6] Her other results were 11th in both the Women's Road Time trial C1–3 and Women's Road Race C1-3. [6]
In 2016, she was a New South Wales Institute of Sport scholarship holder. [22]
At the 2017 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Los Angeles, Reid won gold medals in the Women's 500 m Time Trial C2 and Women's 3 km Individual Pursuit C2 and a silver medal in the Women's Scratch Race C1–3. [23]
At the 2018 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Rio de Janeiro, she won the silver medal in the Women's 500 m Time Trial C2. [24]
At the 2019 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, Reid won the gold medal in the Women's 500 m Time Trial C2 in a new world record time of 39.505 seconds and a silver medal in the Women's Scratch Race C1–C2. [25] [26]
At the 2020 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Milton, Ontario, she won two gold medals – Women's Time Trial C2 and Women's Omnium C2. [27]
Reid won her first Paralympic gold medal in the Women's 500 m Time Trial C1-3 at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics in a world record time of 35.581. [28] She also competed in the Mixed team sprint C1-5 together with Meg Lemon and Gordon Allan. The team came ninth. [29]
At the 2022 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships in Baie-Comeau, Reid finished fourth in The Women's Time Trial C2 and did not finish the Women's Road Race C2. [30]
At the 2022 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France, she won the gold medals in the Women's Time Trial C2, Women's Omnium C2, and Women's Scratch Race C2, along with a silver medal in the Women's Individual Pursuit C2. [31] At the 2023 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Glasgow, Scotland, she won the gold medals in the 500 m Time Trial C2 and the Omnium C2, a silver medal in the Scratch Race C2, and a bronze medal in the Women's Individual Pursuit C2. [32] [33] [34] [35]
At the 2024 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Rio de Janeiro, she won gold medals in the 500 m time trial C2 (her fifth win in a row in this event at the championships) and the scratch race C1–C2. [36] [37]
Reid won the gold medal in the Women's Snowboard Cross SB-LL1 and the bronze medal in the Women's Snowboard Dual Banked SB-LL1 at the 2023 World Para Snowboard Championships held at La Molina. [38] [39]
In 2018, it was reported that Reid's former coach Simon Watkins accused her of exaggerating her physical and intellectual conditions and symptoms. [1] The Australian Paralympic Committee dismissed these allegations, describing them as "opinion" by a non-medical professional, saying that she had been through "rigorous assessment processes" and that it was "not uncommon to change classifications". [40]
Amanda Reid (formerly Fowler) won a silver medal in cycling for Australia at the Rio Games in 2016
Paralympian Amanda Fowler
Kara Leo and Amanda Fowler
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Classifications | S14, SB14, SM14 and S8 (Swimming); C2 (Cycling) ; SB-LL1 (Snowboarding) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | St George Cycling Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Amanda Reid OAM (formerly Amanda Fowler; [1] 12 November 1996) is an Australian Paralympic swimmer, cyclist and snowboarder. She represented Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in swimming. [2] [3] [4] At the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Paralympics, she won a silver medal in the Women's 500 m Time Trial C1–3 [5] [6] and at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics a gold medal in the 500 m Time Trial C1–3. [7] In 2023, she won a gold medal at the 2023 World Para Snowboard Championships.
Reid was born on 12 November 1996 with spastic quadriplegia and an intellectual disability. [1] [4] [8] She is from the Blue Mountains town of Blaxland in New South Wales. [9] [10] She has heritage from the Wemba-Wemba and Guringai people. [11] She attended Blaxland High School and Endeavour Sports High School. [12] [13]
At around the age of nine she won national titles in able-bodied short-track speed skating competitions, becoming the first person to win Australian, New Zealand, and all-Australian state titles for her age in one year. [14] [15]
Reid (who competed as Amanda Fowler) was an S14 classified swimmer. [4] She was classified as an S8 swimmer for the 2015 New South Wales Multi-Class Championships. [16] She was a member of Woy Woy Swim club. [17] [18] At the 2010 Australian All Schools Swimming Championships, she won ten medals, [10] eight of which were gold. [19] She competed at the 2011 Global Games as a fourteen-year-old. [20] She was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in swimming [4] competing in the S14 100-metre breaststroke event. [17]
After the 2012 London Paralympics, she changed her surname to Reid and 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. [21]
At the 2016 Summer Paralympics, she won a silver medal in the Women's 500 m Time Trial C1–3. [6] Her other results were 11th in both the Women's Road Time trial C1–3 and Women's Road Race C1-3. [6]
In 2016, she was a New South Wales Institute of Sport scholarship holder. [22]
At the 2017 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Los Angeles, Reid won gold medals in the Women's 500 m Time Trial C2 and Women's 3 km Individual Pursuit C2 and a silver medal in the Women's Scratch Race C1–3. [23]
At the 2018 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Rio de Janeiro, she won the silver medal in the Women's 500 m Time Trial C2. [24]
At the 2019 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, Reid won the gold medal in the Women's 500 m Time Trial C2 in a new world record time of 39.505 seconds and a silver medal in the Women's Scratch Race C1–C2. [25] [26]
At the 2020 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Milton, Ontario, she won two gold medals – Women's Time Trial C2 and Women's Omnium C2. [27]
Reid won her first Paralympic gold medal in the Women's 500 m Time Trial C1-3 at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics in a world record time of 35.581. [28] She also competed in the Mixed team sprint C1-5 together with Meg Lemon and Gordon Allan. The team came ninth. [29]
At the 2022 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships in Baie-Comeau, Reid finished fourth in The Women's Time Trial C2 and did not finish the Women's Road Race C2. [30]
At the 2022 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France, she won the gold medals in the Women's Time Trial C2, Women's Omnium C2, and Women's Scratch Race C2, along with a silver medal in the Women's Individual Pursuit C2. [31] At the 2023 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Glasgow, Scotland, she won the gold medals in the 500 m Time Trial C2 and the Omnium C2, a silver medal in the Scratch Race C2, and a bronze medal in the Women's Individual Pursuit C2. [32] [33] [34] [35]
At the 2024 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Rio de Janeiro, she won gold medals in the 500 m time trial C2 (her fifth win in a row in this event at the championships) and the scratch race C1–C2. [36] [37]
Reid won the gold medal in the Women's Snowboard Cross SB-LL1 and the bronze medal in the Women's Snowboard Dual Banked SB-LL1 at the 2023 World Para Snowboard Championships held at La Molina. [38] [39]
In 2018, it was reported that Reid's former coach Simon Watkins accused her of exaggerating her physical and intellectual conditions and symptoms. [1] The Australian Paralympic Committee dismissed these allegations, describing them as "opinion" by a non-medical professional, saying that she had been through "rigorous assessment processes" and that it was "not uncommon to change classifications". [40]
Amanda Reid (formerly Fowler) won a silver medal in cycling for Australia at the Rio Games in 2016
Paralympian Amanda Fowler
Kara Leo and Amanda Fowler