Amanda Fraser

Amanda Fraser

2000 Australian Paralympic team portrait of Fraser
Personal information
Full name	Amanda Fraser
Nationality	Australia
Born	(1981-11-10) 10 November 1981 (age 42) Emerald, Queensland
Height	177 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Medal record Representing Australia Event 1st 2nd 3rd Paralympic Games 0 2 2 IPC Swimming World Championships 0 1 1 IPC Athletics World Championships 1 1 0 Total 1 4 3 Swimming Paralympic Games 2000 Sydney Women's 4×100m 34 points 2000 Sydney Women's 50m Freestyle S7 IPC Swimming World Championships 1998 Christchurch Women's 4 x 100m Freestyle Open 1998 Christchurch Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM7 Athletics Paralympic Games 2004 Athens Women's Discus F37 2008 Beijing Women's Discus F37-38 IPC Athletics World Championships 2006 Assen Women's Discus F37 2006 Assen Women's Shot Put F37 2002 Lille Women's Discus F37-38

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]