Melissa Reid (born 15 November 1990)[1] is a visually impaired British paratriathlete who competes in the PTVI classification.

[3][4] Reid competes with a guide athlete in the PTVI category and was first selected for the British Triathlon Paratriathlon squad in 2012 having finished second at the 2011 ITU World Championship Series in London.

She also competed for ParalympicsGB and won a bronze medal at the Rio de Janeiro Paralympic Games in 2016 in the Women's PT5 class for visually impaired athletes.

[7] The 2017 season, saw her win gold at the Kitzbühel ETU Triathlon European Championships,[8] she also won two bronze medals one at the Yokohama ITU World Paratriathlon Series[9] and one at the ITU World Triathlon Grand Final Rotterdam.

[10] Reid suffered a prolapsed disc towards the tail end of 2017 which put her out of contention for 18 months.