Amanda Lightfoot

{{Short description|British biathlete (born 1987)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2014}}

{{Use British English|date=August 2012}}

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Amanda Lightfoot (born 30 January 1987){{cite web|title=International Biathlon Union – IBU|url=http://biathlonresults.com/?IBUId=BTGBR23001198701|accessdate=14 January 2015|publisher=Biathlonworld.com}} is a former British biathlete who competed in many international races.

Lightfoot was born in Coventry. She took up the sport after first learning to ski at the age of nineteen. She is a Sergeant clerk in the Adjutant General's Corps.[http://www.britishbiathlon.com/ British Biathlon Association website] She was selected as part of the Team GB squad for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/winter-olympics/25778914 |title=Winter Olympics 2014: Amanda Lightfoot excited by Sochi chance |author= |date=17 January 2014 |website=bbc.co.uk |accessdate=18 January 2014}} Her trainer was Walter Pichler, and his cousin Wolfgang Pichler at some point.{{Cite web |title=Lightfoot Notches 34th At World Champs, A Best for Britain – FasterSkier.com |url=https://fasterskier.com/2011/03/lightfoot-notches-34th-at-world-champs-a-best-for-britain/ |access-date=2024-03-25 |website=fasterskier.com}}{{Cite web |date=2018-11-02 |title="I don’t think I would have been able to have a career in sports without the Army" — Amanda Lightfoot on the struggles of the British biathlete |url=https://sportsgazette.co.uk/i-dont-think-i-would-have-been-able-to-have-a-career-in-sports-without-the-army-amanda-lightfoot-on-the-struggles-of-the-british-biathlete/ |access-date=2024-03-25 |website=Sports Gazette |language=en-US}} Lightfoot achieved a new personal best at the 2017 Biathlon World Championships in Hochfilzen when she finished 32nd in the individual race.{{cite web |url=http://www.shieldsgazette.com/news/snow-queen-s-olympic-hopes-after-world-championship-biathlete-performance-1-8394077 |title=Snow Queen’s Olympic hopes after World Championship biathlete performance |last=Ward |first=Verity |date=17 February 2017 |website=Shields Gazette|access-date=6 March 2017}}