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Ameera Lee

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Ameera Lee
Personal information
Nationality Australia
Born1 February 1974 (1974-02) (age 50)
Sport
SportArchery
Disability classCompound Open
ClubSydney Olympic Park Archers

Ameera Lee (born 1 February 1974) is an Australian Paralympic archer. She competed at the 2024 Paris Paralympics.[1]

Personal

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Lee was born on 1 February 1974. She has multiple sclerosis. She is a single mother with a son – Huthaifa. She is a medical secretary.[2]

Archery

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She took up para archery in 2016 after being encouraged by her fifteen-year-old son.[3] She started as a standing archer but moved to a wheelchair.[4] Her first international competition was the 2018 Para-archery European Circuit in Olbia, Italy. She missed out on being selected for the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics. At the 2024 Australia Para National Archery Championships, she won the gold medal in Compound Women's Open event.[5]

At the 2024 Paris Paralympics, she lost in the round of sixteen in the Women's individual compound open. She partnered with Jonathon Milne, in the Mixed team compound, where they lost in the quarter-final.

In 2024, she is a New South Wales Institute of Sport scholarship athlete.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Governor-General Hosts Paralympic Archery Team Announcement | Paralympics Australia". www.paralympic.org.au. 21 June 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Ameera Lee | Paralympics Australia". www.paralympic.org.au. 10 December 2019. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Para-archer Ameera Lee aims for a spot at 2024 Paralympic Games". www.abc.net.au. 2 April 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
  4. ^ "What you can't see in this painting of Ameera". SBS News. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
  5. ^ "Three Para Archers Crowned National Champions | NSW Institute of Sport (NSWIS)". www.nswis.com.au. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
  6. ^ "Para Archers Milne and Lee Selected For Paris | NSW Institute of Sport (NSWIS)". www.nswis.com.au. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
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