Amanda Reid OAM

Paralympian

Sports
Para-cycling

Amanda Reid might just be the most wildly talented para athlete Australia has ever produced.

The 27-year-old NSW-born multi-sport star is a four-time Paralympian and dual-cycling gold medallist, owns a World Championship gold medal in snowboarding and competed at the Paralympics in the pool as a 15-year-old.
Born with cerebral palsy, being active was and is therapy for Reid, who, as a 9-year-old, blitzed able-bodied competitors to win national junior championships - in short-track speed skating, wearing moulded skates to ensure she could stay upright.
A love of the bike had to be parked when she became serious about being a Paralympian - not because she wasn't good enough but because she wasn't old enough.
Para cycling competitions were limited to athletes aged 18-plus so, rather than wait three years, Reid swapped the spokes for the swimsuit and, in 2012, won her way onto the Australian team for London, competing in the S14 100m breaststroke event.
Four years on - and back on the bike - she competed in three events at the 2016 Rio Paralympics, becoming a silver medallist in the 500m Time Trial C1-3.
That result only stoked her competitive fire and, fast forward to Tokyo, and our Amanda was the best on the planet, a gold medallist in the same event - with a world record time of 35.581.
The target was on her back, now, but, on the path to Paris, Reid took a little detour - to the snow.
Forced to fund her dream herself, she proved to the world she was a force to be reckoned with in two sports, taking home World Championship gold in the Snowboard Cross SB-LL1 and bronze in the dual banked SB-LL1 at La Molina, Spain.
And so it was, after a little detour, Reid was back on the bike and back in the medals, defending her stunning Tokyo gold medal with a repeat in Paris.
Amanda has overcome huge odds to reach such incredible heights but she is unashamedly proud of how far she has come.
Growing up in Indigenous housing, she admits life was tough, and she recently relocated to Adelaide to escape a difficult living situation.
With the help of her assistance dog Odell, she is currently juggling part-time study in a Bachelor of Disability and Community Inclusion as she continues to maintain a steely focus on her elite sporting pursuits.
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