Amanda Reid

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]

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 nameAmanda Reid
Nationality Australia
Born (1996-11-12) 12 November 1996
Blaxland, New South Wales, Australia
Sport
SportSwimming
ClassificationsS14, SB14, SM14 and S8 (Swimming); C2 (Cycling)

Personal

Reid was born on 12 November 1996 with spastic quadriplegia and an intellectual disability.[2][5] She is from Blaxland, New South Wales.[6][7] Reid has heritage from the Wemba-Wemba and Guringai people.[8] She attended Blaxland High School and Endeavour Sports High School.[9][10]

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.[11] She was a member of Woy Woy Swim club.[12][13] At the 2010 Australian All Schools Swimming Championships, she won ten medals,[7] eight of which were gold.[14] She competed at the 2011 Global Games as a fourteen-year-old.[15] She was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in swimming[2] competing in the S14 100 metre breaststroke event.[12]

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.[16]

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]

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.[17]

At the 2018 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, she won the silver medal in the Women's 500 m Time Trial C2.[18]

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.[19][20]

At the 2020 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships, Milton, Ontario, she won two gold medals - Women's Time Trial C2 and Women's Omnium C2.[21]


In 2016, she is a New South Wales Institute of Sport scholarship holder.[22]

Controversy

In 2018, it was reported that Reid's former coach Simon Watkins accused her of exaggerating her physical and intellectual conditions and symptoms.[23] 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".[24]

Recognition

References
  1. Australian Paralympic Committee. Amanda Reid Biography (See "Biography" tab)
  2. "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. "Amanda Reid". Rio Paralympics Official site. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
  5. Rayner, Mark (26 January 2017). "Paralympic silver medallist Amanda Reid inspires Dubbo as Australia Day Ambassador". Daily Liberal. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  6. Cleggett, Michael (18 July 2012). "Meet our Mountains Olympians". Blue Mountains Gazette. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
  7. Georgakopoulos, Chris (9 July 2010). "Blaxland girl eyes Paralympics". Penrith Press. Archived from the original on 31 December 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
  8. Zhou, Naaman (1 July 2017). "Naidoc awards: Dianne Ryder, Ollie George and Patty Mills among winners". The Guardian Australian Ed. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  9. Cleggett, Michael (10 July 2012). "Blaxland swimmer selected for Paralympics". The Blue Mountain Gazette. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  10. Georgakopoulos, Chris (4 March 2013). "Amanda Fowler scoops the pool Junior Sports Star awards". Penrith Press. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  11. Swimming NSW 2015 Swimming NSW MC Championships – 10/10/2015 Archived 13 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Page 12
  12. Brady, Justin (8 August 2012). "Leo gets set for Games". Penrith City Gazette.
  13. Brady, Justin (29 June 2011). "Pooled talent offers bright future". Penrith Star. Archived from the original on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
  14. Brady, Justin (8 July 2010). "Swimmer breaks eight records". Penrith Star. Archived from the original on 4 March 2011. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
  15. Herbertson, Lisa (18 October 2011). "JUNIOR SPORTS STAR: Blaxland swimmer looking to London Olympics". Penrith Press. Archived from the original on 31 December 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  16. "Tandem gold to Modra & Edwards at Para Track Worlds". Cycling Australia News. 19 March 2016. Archived from the original on 26 March 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  17. "2017 Para-Cycling Track World Championships". Veloresults website. Archived from the original on 4 March 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  18. "10 medals for Australia at Para Track Worlds". Cycling Australia website. 26 March 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  19. "Reid powers to world record and crown". Australian Cycling Team website. 16 March 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  20. "019 UCI Para-Cycling Track World Championships – Day 3 Report". UCI Cycling website. 16 March 2019. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  21. "Australia secure eight world titles at 2020 Para-cycling Track World Championships". Cycling Australia website. 3 February 2020. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  22. "Five NSWIS Para-cyclists pedalling towards Rio". New South Wales Institute of Sport website. 31 May 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
  23. "Amanda Reid: Australian Paralympian 'exaggerated symptoms'". BBC News. 18 September 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  24. Fryer, Brooke (25 September 2018). "Amanda Reid's case 'certainly not unique': Paralympic Committee defends silver medallist". National Indigenous Television. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
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