She is a national champion, has represented at underage and senior world championships and is a 2021 Tokyo Olympian where she competed in the Australian women's double-scull.
[3] She is the younger sister of Katrina Bateman who is also an elite rower who has competed for Mercantile, her state of Victoria and Australia.
Amanda's state representative debut for Victoria came in 2016 in the women's youth eight which contested and placed second in the Bicentennial Cup at the Interstate Regatta.
[12] Bateman and Horton were selected to race Australia's double scull at the 2019 World Rowing Championships in Linz, Austria.
[12] By the time of national team selections in 2021 for the delayed Tokyo Olympics, Bateman's strong performances in all three sculling boats at the 2021 Australian Championships saw her hold her seat in the double she'd qualified two years earlier.
[17] At the Rowing World Cup II in Varese Italy, Bateman raced as Australia's W2X entrant with Laura Gourley.
[12] Bateman and Gourley were selected to race Australia's double scull at 2023 World Rowing Championships in Belgrade, Serbia.