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'''Amanda Fraser''' (born 10 November 1981 in [[Emerald, Queensland]]) is an Australian Paralympic athlete and swimmer. She has [[cerebral palsy]] and competes in the [[Paralympics#Classification|F37 category]] for the physically impaired. Competing in the 2000, 2004, and 2008 Summer Paralympics, she won two silver and two bronze medals, and in the 2006 [[IPC Athletics World Championships|World Championships]], she won a gold and a silver medal. In the 2006 championships, she set a world record for discus in her classification, and was named 2006 Telstra Female AWD Athlete of the Year by [[Athletics Australia]].<ref name="telstra">{{cite web|url=http://fulltext.ausport.gov.au/fulltext/2006/ascmedia/20060806.asp |title=Francis and Fraser – 2006 Telstra AWD Athletes of the Year |date=7 June 2006 |publisher=[[Australian Sports Commission]] | |
'''Amanda Fraser''' (born 10 November 1981 in [[Emerald, Queensland]]) is an Australian Paralympic athlete and swimmer. She has [[cerebral palsy]] and competes in the [[Paralympics#Classification|F37 category]] for the physically impaired. Competing in the 2000, 2004, and 2008 Summer Paralympics, she won two silver and two bronze medals, and in the 2006 [[IPC Athletics World Championships|World Championships]], she won a gold and a silver medal. In the 2006 championships, she set a world record for discus in her classification, and was named 2006 Telstra Female AWD Athlete of the Year by [[Athletics Australia]].<ref name="telstra">{{cite web|url=http://fulltext.ausport.gov.au/fulltext/2006/ascmedia/20060806.asp |title=Francis and Fraser – 2006 Telstra AWD Athletes of the Year |date=7 June 2006 |publisher=[[Australian Sports Commission]] |access-date=28 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006141415/http://fulltext.ausport.gov.au/fulltext/2006/ascmedia/20060806.asp |archive-date=6 October 2011 }}</ref> Fraser now works as a personal trainer, working with people unfamiliar to a gym environment, especially women. She advocates for women empowerment and aims to help women develop their mental and physical strength.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-08-05/olympians-where-are-they-now/7686534|title=Aussie Olympians – where are they now?|date=2016-08-05|work=ABC News|access-date=2017-08-04|language=en-AU}}</ref> |
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==Career== |
==Career== |
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[[File:211000 - Swimming 200m medley SM7 Amanda Fraser action 2 - 3b - 2000 Sydney event photo.jpg|thumb|left|Fraser in the pool during the 200 m medley S7 at the 2000 Summer Paralympics]] |
[[File:211000 - Swimming 200m medley SM7 Amanda Fraser action 2 - 3b - 2000 Sydney event photo.jpg|thumb|left|Fraser in the pool during the 200 m medley S7 at the 2000 Summer Paralympics]] |
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[[File:141100 - Swimming 4 x 100m freestyle 34pts Gemma Dashwood Amanda Fraser Melissa Carlton Priya Cooper bronze medals - 3b - 2000 Sydney medal photo.jpg|thumb|left|Fraser, seen second from left with the bronze medal |
[[File:141100 - Swimming 4 x 100m freestyle 34pts Gemma Dashwood Amanda Fraser Melissa Carlton Priya Cooper bronze medals - 3b - 2000 Sydney medal photo.jpg|thumb|left|Fraser, seen second from left with the bronze medal-winning Australian Women's 4 x 100 m freestyle 34pts team at the 2000 Summer Paralympics. From left to right: Gemma Dashwood, Amanda Fraser, Melissa Carlton and Priya Cooper]] |
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Fraser was born with [[spastic hemiplegia]], a form of [[cerebral palsy]] where one side of the body is affected.<ref name="fish">{{cite news|title=Fraser's No Fish Out of Water|date=6 July 2004|newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]]}}</ref> At the age of 12, she competed in the Queensland School Sports Athletics Championships and won three gold medals.<ref name="fraserbio">{{cite web|url=http://www.paralympic.org.au/team/amanda-fraser |title=Amanda Fraser- APC |
Fraser was born with [[spastic hemiplegia]], a form of [[cerebral palsy]] where one side of the body is affected.<ref name="fish">{{cite news|title=Fraser's No Fish Out of Water|date=6 July 2004|newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]]}}</ref> At the age of 12, she competed in the Queensland School Sports Athletics Championships and won three gold medals.<ref name="fraserbio">{{cite web|url=http://www.paralympic.org.au/team/amanda-fraser |title=Amanda Fraser- APC Corporate |publisher=[[Australian Paralympic Committee]] |access-date=28 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110302230301/https://www.paralympic.org.au/team/amanda-fraser |archive-date= 2 March 2011 }}</ref> She later moved on to swimming, and was selected to complete in the [[2000 Summer Paralympics]] in Sydney, where she won bronze medals in the 4×100 m Freestyle 34-point relay and the [[S7 (classification)|S7]] 50 m Freestyle.<ref name="fish"/> |
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In 2001, she returned to athletics, and qualified for the [[2004 Summer Paralympics]] with a world-record discus throw of 27.95 m at the national championships. At the Paralympics, she competed in the 100 m, shot-put, and discus events, winning a silver medal in the F37 discus classification, Australia's first medal in athletics at the event.<ref name="fish"/><ref name="true">{{cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/09/20/1095651251611.html|title=Brooks true to his golden word|last=Halloran|first=Jessica|date=21 September 2004|work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]| |
In 2001, she returned to athletics, and qualified for the [[2004 Summer Paralympics]] with a world-record discus throw of 27.95 m at the national championships. At the Paralympics, she competed in the 100 m, shot-put, and discus events, winning a silver medal in the F37 discus classification, Australia's first medal in athletics at the event.<ref name="fish"/><ref name="true">{{cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/09/20/1095651251611.html|title=Brooks true to his golden word|last=Halloran|first=Jessica|date=21 September 2004|work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|access-date=28 July 2011}}</ref> |
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She competed in the 2006 International Paralympic Committee [[IPC Athletics World Championships|World Championships]], where she broke the F37 discus world record with a throw of 29.93 metres, winning the gold medal at the event. Following this achievement, she was named the 2006 Telstra Female Athlete with a Disability of the Year by Athletics Australia.<ref name="telstra"/> |
She competed in the 2006 International Paralympic Committee [[IPC Athletics World Championships|World Championships]], where she broke the F37 discus world record with a throw of 29.93 metres, winning the gold medal at the event. Following this achievement, she was named the 2006 Telstra Female Athlete with a Disability of the Year by Athletics Australia.<ref name="telstra"/> |
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At the [[2008 Summer Paralympics|2008 Paralympic Games]] in Beijing, Fraser was initially awarded the bronze medal for the discus in the combined F37-38 event; however, she was given the silver medal when British athlete Rebecca Chin was disqualified on the basis that she was ineligible to compete in the cerebral palsy category.<ref name="hands">{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2008-09-15/brit-stripped-after-aussie-refuses-to-shake-hands/510508|title=Brit stripped after Aussie refuses to shake hands|date=15 September 2008| |
At the [[2008 Summer Paralympics|2008 Paralympic Games]] in Beijing, Fraser was initially awarded the bronze medal for the discus in the combined F37-38 event; however, she was given the silver medal when British athlete [[Rebecca Chin]] was disqualified on the basis that she was ineligible to compete in the cerebral palsy category.<ref name="hands">{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2008-09-15/brit-stripped-after-aussie-refuses-to-shake-hands/510508|title=Brit stripped after Aussie refuses to shake hands|date=15 September 2008|work=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]]|agency=[[Agence France-Presse]]|access-date=28 July 2011}}</ref> It was initially reported by [[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]] that Fraser refused to shake Chin's hand after the event,<ref name="hands"/> however this was later corrected by ''[[The Australian]]'' when it was found that it was not Fraser who refused to shake hands, but British athlete Beverly Jones.<ref name="cleared">{{cite web|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/kurt-needs-endurance-for-marathon/story-e6frg7mo-1111117502267|title=Kurt Fearnley needs endurance just to reach start of marathon|last=McDonald|first=Margie|date=17 September 2008|work=[[The Australian]]|access-date=28 July 2011}}</ref> She was an [[Australian Institute of Sport]] athletics scholarship holder from 2002 to 2008.<ref>{{cite web|title=AIS Track and Field Achievements |url=http://www.ausport.gov.au/ais/sports/athletics/achievements |work=Australian Sports Commission Website |publisher=Australian Sports Commission |access-date=8 March 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321192641/http://www.ausport.gov.au/ais/sports/athletics/achievements |archive-date=21 March 2012 }}</ref> |
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==References== |
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* [http://athletics.possumbility.com/athletes/athlete6488.htm Amanda Fraser] at Australian Athletics Historical Results ([https://web.archive.org/web/20131006090910/http://www.athletics.com.au/history/athletes/athlete6488.htm archive]) |
* [http://athletics.possumbility.com/athletes/athlete6488.htm Amanda Fraser] at Australian Athletics Historical Results ([https://web.archive.org/web/20131006090910/http://www.athletics.com.au/history/athletes/athlete6488.htm archive]) |
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* {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190505091857/https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/australia/amanda-fraser-231700|title=Amanda Fraser at World Athletics}} |
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Amanda Fraser (born 10 November 1981 in Emerald, Queensland) is an Australian Paralympic athlete and swimmer. She has cerebral palsy and competes in the F37 category for the physically impaired. Competing in the 2000, 2004, and 2008 Summer Paralympics, she won two silver and two bronze medals, and in the 2006 World Championships, she won a gold and a silver medal. In the 2006 championships, she set a world record for discus in her classification, and was named 2006 Telstra Female AWD Athlete of the Year by Athletics Australia.[1] Fraser now works as a personal trainer, working with people unfamiliar to a gym environment, especially women. She advocates for women empowerment and aims to help women develop their mental and physical strength.[2]
Career
Fraser was born with spastic hemiplegia, a form of cerebral palsy where one side of the body is affected.[3] At the age of 12, she competed in the Queensland School Sports Athletics Championships and won three gold medals.[4] She later moved on to swimming, and was selected to complete in the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, where she won bronze medals in the 4×100 m Freestyle 34-point relay and the S7 50 m Freestyle.[3]
In 2001, she returned to athletics, and qualified for the 2004 Summer Paralympics with a world-record discus throw of 27.95 m at the national championships. At the Paralympics, she competed in the 100 m, shot-put, and discus events, winning a silver medal in the F37 discus classification, Australia's first medal in athletics at the event.[3][5]
She competed in the 2006 International Paralympic Committee World Championships, where she broke the F37 discus world record with a throw of 29.93 metres, winning the gold medal at the event. Following this achievement, she was named the 2006 Telstra Female Athlete with a Disability of the Year by Athletics Australia.[1]
At the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing, Fraser was initially awarded the bronze medal for the discus in the combined F37-38 event; however, she was given the silver medal when British athlete Rebecca Chin was disqualified on the basis that she was ineligible to compete in the cerebral palsy category.[6] It was initially reported by ABC News that Fraser refused to shake Chin's hand after the event,[6] however this was later corrected by The Australian when it was found that it was not Fraser who refused to shake hands, but British athlete Beverly Jones.[7] She was an Australian Institute of Sport athletics scholarship holder from 2002 to 2008.[8]
References
- ^ a b "Francis and Fraser – 2006 Telstra AWD Athletes of the Year". Australian Sports Commission. 7 June 2006. Archived from the original on 6 October 2011. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
- ^ "Aussie Olympians – where are they now?". ABC News. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
- ^ a b c "Fraser's No Fish Out of Water". The Canberra Times. 6 July 2004.
- ^ "Amanda Fraser- APC Corporate". Australian Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 2 March 2011. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
- ^ Halloran, Jessica (21 September 2004). "Brooks true to his golden word". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
- ^ a b "Brit stripped after Aussie refuses to shake hands". ABC News. Agence France-Presse. 15 September 2008. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
- ^ McDonald, Margie (17 September 2008). "Kurt Fearnley needs endurance just to reach start of marathon". The Australian. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
- ^ "AIS Track and Field Achievements". Australian Sports Commission Website. Australian Sports Commission. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
External links
- Amanda Fraser at the Australian Paralympic Committee at the Wayback Machine (archived 2 March 2011)
- Amanda Fraser at Australian Athletics Historical Results (archive)
- Amanda Fraser at the International Paralympic Committee
- Amanda Fraser at IPC.InfostradaSports.com (archived)
- Amanda Fraser at World Athletics at the Wayback Machine (archived 2019-05-05)