Amanda Reid

Reid was born on 12 November 1996 with spastic quadriplegia and an intellectual disability.{{cite web |url=https://www.dailyliberal.com.au/story/4428078/amandas-story-inspires-video/ |title=Paralympic silver medallist Amanda Reid inspires Dubbo as Australia Day Ambassador |work=Daily Liberal |date=26 January 2017 |first=Mark |last=Rayner |access-date=11 April 2018 |archive-date=12 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180412001258/https://www.dailyliberal.com.au/story/4428078/amandas-story-inspires-video/ |url-status=live}} She is from the Blue Mountains town of Blaxland in New South Wales.{{cite web |last=Cleggett |first=Michael |url=http://www.bluemountainsgazette.com.au/news/local/news/general/meet-our-mountains-olympians/2628562.aspx |title=Meet our Mountains Olympians |work=Blue Mountains Gazette |date=18 July 2012 |access-date=16 August 2012 |archive-date=13 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120813215814/http://www.bluemountainsgazette.com.au/news/local/news/general/meet-our-mountains-olympians/2628562.aspx |url-status=live |quote=Paralympian Amanda Fowler}}{{cite news |last=Georgakopoulos |first=Chris |url=http://penrith-press.whereilive.com.au/sport/story/blaxland-girl-eyes-paralympics/ |title=Blaxland girl eyes Paralympics |work=Penrith Press |date=9 July 2010 |access-date=16 August 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121231040834/http://penrith-press.whereilive.com.au/sport/story/blaxland-girl-eyes-paralympics/ |archive-date=31 December 2012 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all}} She has heritage from the Wemba-Wemba and Guringai people. She attended Blaxland High School and Endeavour Sports High School.{{cite web |url=https://www.bluemountainsgazette.com.au/story/273587/blaxland-swimmer-selected-for-paralympics/ |title=Blaxland swimmer selected for Paralympics |work=The Blue Mountain Gazette |date=10 July 2012 |first=Michael |last=Cleggett |access-date=11 April 2018 |archive-date=12 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180412001203/https://www.bluemountainsgazette.com.au/story/273587/blaxland-swimmer-selected-for-paralympics/ |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/west/amanda-fowler-scoops-the-pool-junior-sports-star-awards/news-story/10a638cee898efea905d5fc2740e4899 |title=Amanda Fowler scoops the pool Junior Sports Star awards |work=Penrith Press |date=4 March 2013 |first=Chris |last=Georgakopoulos |access-date=11 April 2018 |archive-date=4 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210604061456/https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/west/amanda-fowler-scoops-the-pool-junior-sports-star-awards/news-story/10a638cee898efea905d5fc2740e4899?nk=35309e7e9b90d2ee417e404481a2f52e-1622787296 |url-status=live}}

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.{{cite news|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-03/gaming-the-games:-the-scandal-threatening-the/102182228|title=Gaming the Games: The scandal threatening the Paralympics|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|work=Four Corners|date=3 April 2023|access-date=9 September 2023}}

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Reid (who competed as Amanda Fowler) was an S14 classified swimmer.{{cite web |url=http://www.paralympic.org.au/team/amanda-fowler |title=Amanda Fowler |website=paralympic.org.au |publisher=Australian Paralympic Committee |access-date=13 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120704143755/http://www.paralympic.org.au/team/amanda-fowler |archive-date=4 July 2012}} She was classified as an S8 swimmer for the 2015 New South Wales Multi-Class Championships.{{cite web |url=http://nsw.swimming.org.au/visageimages/2015%20MC%20Champs%20Results%20By%20Event.pdf |title=2015 Swimming NSW MC Championships – 10/10/2015 |website=nsw.swimming.org.au |publisher=Swimming NSW |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313133916/http://nsw.swimming.org.au/visageimages/2015%20MC%20Champs%20Results%20By%20Event.pdf |archive-date=13 March 2016 |page=12}} She was a member of Woy Woy Swim club.{{cite web |last=Brady |first=Justin |url=http://www.penrithcitygazette.com.au/story/250338/leo-gets-set-for-games/ |title=Leo gets set for Games |work=Penrith City Gazette |date=8 August 2012 |access-date=17 May 2016 |archive-date=9 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809125356/http://www.penrithcitygazette.com.au/story/250338/leo-gets-set-for-games/ |url-status=dead |quote=Kara Leo and Amanda Fowler}}{{cite web |last=Brady |first=Justin |url=http://www.penrithstar.com.au/news/local/sport/general/pooled-talent-offers-bright-future/2210855.aspx |title=Pooled talent offers bright future |publisher=Penrith Star |date=29 June 2011 |access-date=16 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726140016/http://www.penrithstar.com.au/news/local/sport/general/pooled-talent-offers-bright-future/2210855.aspx |archive-date=26 July 2011}} At the 2010 Australian All Schools Swimming Championships, she won ten medals, eight of which were gold.{{cite web |last=Brady |first=Justin |url=http://www.penrithstar.com.au/news/local/sport/swimming/swimmer-breaks-eight-records/1879371.aspx |title=Swimmer breaks eight records |publisher=Penrith Star |date=8 July 2010 |access-date=16 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110304065553/http://www.penrithstar.com.au/news/local/sport/swimming/swimmer-breaks-eight-records/1879371.aspx |archive-date=4 March 2011}} She competed at the 2011 Global Games as a fourteen-year-old.{{cite news |last=Herbertson |first=Lisa |url=http://penrith-press.whereilive.com.au/sport/story/junior-sports-star-blaxland-swimmer-looking-to-london-olympics/ |title=JUNIOR SPORTS STAR: Blaxland swimmer looking to London Olympics |work=Penrith Press |date=18 October 2011 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121231032402/http://penrith-press.whereilive.com.au/sport/story/junior-sports-star-blaxland-swimmer-looking-to-london-olympics/ |archive-date=31 December 2012 |access-date=8 May 2016 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all}} She was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in swimming competing in the S14 100-metre breaststroke event.

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.{{cite web |title=Tandem gold to Modra & Edwards at Para Track Worlds |url=http://www.cycling.org.au/News/All-News/tandem-gold-to-modra-edwards-at-para-track-worlds |website=Cycling Australia News |date=19 March 2016 |access-date=19 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160326064817/http://www.cycling.org.au/News/All-News/tandem-gold-to-modra-edwards-at-para-track-worlds |archive-date=26 March 2016 |url-status=dead}}

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

In 2016, she was a New South Wales Institute of Sport scholarship holder.{{cite web |date=31 May 2016 |title=Five NSWIS Para-cyclists pedalling towards Rio |url=http://www.nswis.com.au/media/nswis-news/may-2016/five-nswis-para-cyclists-pedalling-towards-rio.aspx |access-date=2 June 2016 |website=New South Wales Institute of Sport website}}{{dead link|date=July 2017|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}

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.{{cite web |title=2017 Para-Cycling Track World Championships |url=http://paraworlds2017.veloresults.com/index.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170304132841/http://paraworlds2017.veloresults.com/index.php |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 March 2017 |website=Veloresults website |access-date=5 March 2017}}

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.{{cite web |title=10 medals for Australia at Para Track Worlds |url=http://www.australiancyclingteam.com/news/10-medals-for-australia-at-para-track-worlds |website=Cycling Australia website |date=26 March 2018 |access-date=3 April 2018 |archive-date=3 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180403173712/http://www.australiancyclingteam.com/news/10-medals-for-australia-at-para-track-worlds |url-status=dead}}

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.{{cite web |title=Reid powers to world record and crown |url=https://www.australiancyclingteam.com/news/para-reid-roars-to-world-record-crown |website=Australian Cycling Team website |date=16 March 2019 |access-date=16 March 2019 |archive-date=11 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411234620/https://www.australiancyclingteam.com/news/para-reid-roars-to-world-record-crown |url-status=dead}}{{cite web |title=2019 UCI Para-Cycling Track World Championships – Day 3 Report |url=https://www.uci.org/track/news/2019/2019-uci-para-cycling-track-world-championships---day-3-report |website=UCI Cycling website |date=16 March 2019 |access-date=17 March 2019 |archive-date=30 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330032449/https://www.uci.org/track/news/2019/2019-uci-para-cycling-track-world-championships---day-3-report |url-status=live}}

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.{{Cite web |url=https://cycling.org.au/nat/australia-secure-eight-world-titles-2020-para-cycling-track-world-championships |title=Australia secure eight world titles at 2020 Para-cycling Track World Championships |date=3 February 2020 |website=Cycling Australia website |access-date=4 February 2020 |archive-date=4 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200204032034/https://cycling.org.au/nat/australia-secure-eight-world-titles-2020-para-cycling-track-world-championships |url-status=live}}

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.{{Cite web |title=Cycling Track – REID Amanda |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/cycling-track/athlete-profile-n1404421-reid-amanda.htm |access-date=27 August 2021 |work=Tokyo 2020 Paralympics |publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211006031841/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/cycling-track/athlete-profile-n1404421-reid-amanda.htm |archive-date=6 October 2021 }} She also competed in the Mixed team sprint C1-5 together with Meg Lemon and Gordon Allan. The team came ninth.{{Cite web |title=Australian Paralympic Team for Tokyo 2021 |url=https://www.theroar.com.au/olympics/australian-paralympic-team/ |access-date=18 June 2022 |website=The Roar |language=en-US |archive-date=6 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220506234842/https://www.theroar.com.au/olympics/australian-paralympic-team/ |url-status=live }}

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.{{Cite web |title=2022 UCI Para-Cycling Road World Championships Official Results |url=https://www.rsstiming.com/Resultats/UCIPara/RoadWCh/2022BaieComeau/doc/2022-BaieComeau-Wch-OfficialBook.pdf |access-date=15 August 2022 |website=RSSTiming |archive-date=15 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815013926/https://www.rsstiming.com/Resultats/UCIPara/RoadWCh/2022BaieComeau/doc/2022-BaieComeau-Wch-OfficialBook.pdf |url-status=live }}

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.{{Cite web |date=21 October 2022 |title=Results – UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships |url=https://paraworlds2022.veloresults.com/ |access-date=13 March 2023 |website=UCI |archive-date=6 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221206011655/https://paraworlds2022.veloresults.com/ |url-status=live }}

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.{{cite web|url=https://www.tissottiming.com/2023/ctrwch/en-us/default/Stage/44/Results/2|title=2023 UCI Cycling World Championships – Track & Para-Cycling Track – Women C2 500 m Time Trial|publisher=Tissot Timing|access-date=7 August 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.tissottiming.com/2023/ctrwch/en-us/default/Stage/46/omnium|title=2023 UCI Cycling World Championships – Track & Para-Cycling Track – Women C2 Omnium|publisher=Tissot Timing|access-date=9 August 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.tissottiming.com/2023/ctrwch/en-us/default/Stage/47/Results/1|title=2023 UCI Cycling World Championships – Track & Para-Cycling Track – Women C2 Scratch Race|publisher=Tissot Timing|access-date=9 August 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.tissottiming.com/2023/ctrwch/en-us/default/Stage/45/Results/2|title=2023 UCI Cycling World Championships – Track & Para-Cycling Track – Women C2 Individual Pursuit|publisher=Tissot Timing|access-date=5 August 2023}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://www.auscycling.org.au/australian-cycling-team/news/amanda-reid-wins-fifth-straight-c2-500m-tt-world-championship|title=Amanda Reid wins fifth straight C2 500m TT world championship|publisher=AusCycling|date=22 March 2024|access-date=25 March 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://paraworlds2024.veloresults.com/Scratch/results/65fac58578328b1a95c1b424|title=Women's C1–C2 scratch race provisional results|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|access-date=25 March 2024}}

At the 2024 Paris Paralympics, she won a gold medal in the 500 m Time Trial C1–3 (defending her gold medal in Tokyo) with a facgtored time of 36.676 seconds. Reid finished 13th in two road races.

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.{{Cite web |date=12 March 2023 |title=Results — SBX W — SB-LL1 W |url=https://medias1.fis-ski.com/pdf/2023/PSB/0026/2023PSB0026RL.pdf |access-date=13 March 2023 |website=2023 World Para Snowboard Championships (FIS) website |archive-date=13 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230313015846/https://medias1.fis-ski.com/pdf/2023/PSB/0026/2023PSB0026RL.pdf |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=15 March 2023 |title=Results — Dual Banked Slalom — Ranking LL1 W |url=https://medias4.fis-ski.com/pdf/2023/PSB/0030/2023PSB0030RL.pdf |access-date=27 March 2023 |website=2023 World Para Snowboard Championships (FIS) website |archive-date=27 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327060953/https://medias4.fis-ski.com/pdf/2023/PSB/0030/2023PSB0030RL.pdf |url-status=live }}

In 2018, it was reported that Reid's former coach Simon Watkins accused her of exaggerating her physical and intellectual conditions and symptoms.{{cite web |title=Amanda Reid: Australian Paralympian 'exaggerated symptoms' |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-45553010 |website=BBC News |date=18 September 2018 |access-date=18 September 2018 |archive-date=18 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918172137/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-45553010 |url-status=live |quote=Amanda Reid (formerly Fowler) won a silver medal in cycling for Australia at the Rio Games in 2016}} 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".{{cite news |url=https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article/2018/09/25/amanda-reids-case-certainly-not-unique-paralympic-committee-defends-silver |title=Amanda Reid's case 'certainly not unique': Paralympic Committee defends silver medallist |publisher=National Indigenous Television |date=25 September 2018 |first=Brooke |last=Fryer |access-date=23 October 2018 |archive-date=23 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181023121507/https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article/2018/09/25/amanda-reids-case-certainly-not-unique-paralympic-committee-defends-silver |url-status=live}}

• 2017 – NAIDOC Sports Person of the year{{cite news |last1=Zhou |first1=Naaman |title=Naidoc awards: Dianne Ryder, Ollie George and Patty Mills among winners |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/jul/01/naidoc-awards-dianne-ryder-ollie-george-and-patty-mills-among-winners |access-date=3 July 2017 |work=The Guardian Australian Ed |date=1 July 2017 |archive-date=2 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170702071551/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/jul/01/naidoc-awards-dianne-ryder-ollie-george-and-patty-mills-among-winners |url-status=live}}
• 2017 – New South Wales Athlete with a Disability
• 2017 – Australia Day Ambassador for the Dubbo Regional Council
• 2017 – Sport Australia Hall of Fame Scholarship{{Cite web |title=Scholarships – Amanda Reid |url=https://sahof.org.au/award-winner/amanda-reid/ |url-status=live |access-date=10 July 2021 |website=Sport Australia Hall of Fame |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809212210/https://sahof.org.au/award-winner/amanda-reid/ |archive-date=9 August 2020}}
• 2022 – Medal of the Order of Australia for service to sport as a gold medallist at the Tokyo Paralympic Games 2020{{Cite web |title=Australia Day 2022 Honours List |url=https://www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/2022-01/ad22_gazette_-_o_of_a.pdf |access-date=26 January 2022 |website=Governor-General of Australia |archive-date=26 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220126045436/https://www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/2022-01/ad22_gazette_-_o_of_a.pdf |url-status=live }}
• 2023 – Snow Australia Paralympic Female Athlete of the Year{{Cite web |date=27 April 2023 |title=CRYSTAL GLOBE WINNERS & WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MEDALLISTS CELEBRATED AT 2023 SNOW AWARDS |url=https://www.snow.org.au/news/athletes-celebrated-at-2023-snow-awards/ |access-date=28 April 2023 |website=Snow Australia |archive-date=28 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230428050118/https://www.snow.org.au/news/athletes-celebrated-at-2023-snow-awards/ |url-status=live }}
• 2023 – National Sportsperson with a Disability of the Year at National Indigenous Sporting Awards{{Cite web |title=From field to pitch, here are the winners of the 2023 National Indigenous Sporting Awards |url=https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article/from-field-to-pitch-here-are-the-winners-of-the-2023-national-indigenous-sporting-awards/9xbm4qind |date=13 November 2023 |access-date=13 November 2023|publisher=NITV }}
• 2023 – AusCycling Cyclist of the Year – Sir Hubert Opperman Trophy and Oppy Medal and AusCycling Women’s Track Para-cyclist of the Year{{Cite web |title=Amanda Reid wins the 2023 AusCycling Cyclist of the Year Award |url=https://www.auscycling.org.au/nat/news/amanda-reid-wins-2023-auscycling-cyclist-year-award |access-date=2023-12-22 |website=AusCycling |language=en-au}}
• 2024 – National Sportsperson with a Disability of the Year at National Indigenous Sporting Awards{{Cite web |last=Bradley |first=Robert |date=2024-11-18 |title=Meet the Winners of the 2024 National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Awards |url=https://www.nisf.org.au/post/meet-the-winners-of-the-2024-national-aboriginal-torres-strait-islander-awards |access-date=2024-11-20 |website=NISF |language=en}}

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