Amanda Fraser

Amanda Fraser (born 10 November 1981 in Emerald, Queensland) is an Australian Paralympic athlete and swimmer.

[2] 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.

[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.

[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.

Fraser in the pool during the 200 m medley S7 at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
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