Ameera Lee (born 1 February 1974) is an Australian Paralympic archer. She competed at the
2024 Paris Paralympics.
Personal
Lee was born on 1 February 1974. She has
multiple sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease resulting in damage to myelinthe insulating covers of nerve cellsin the brain and spinal cord. As a demyelinating disease, MS disrupts the nervous system's ability to Action potential, transmit ...
. She is a single mother with a son – Huthaifa. She is a medical secretary.
Archery
She took up para archery in 2016 after being encouraged by her fifteen-year-old son. She started as a standing archer but moved to a wheelchair. Her first international competition was the 2018 Para-archery European Circuit in Olbia, Italy where she was knocked out in the quarter finals. She missed out on being selected for the
2020 Tokyo Paralympics
The , branded as the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport event, multi-sport parasports event held from 24 August to 5 September 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. They were the 16th Summer Paralympic Games as organized by the Inte ...
. At the 2024 Australia Para National Archery Championships, she won the gold medal in Compound Women's Open event. She has been and remains the current National Women's Paraarchery Champion since 2017.
At the
2024 Paris Paralympics, she lost in the 1/8 round in the
Women's individual compound open. She partnered with
Jonathon Milne, in the
Mixed team compound, where they lost in the quarter-final.
She is a
New South Wales Institute of Sport
The New South Wales Institute of Sport (NSWIS) is a high-performance-sports training institute in New South Wales, Australia. The New South Wales government agency provides coaching, performance support, and daily training environments to help t ...
scholarship athlete since 2017.
She is the first Paraarcher to win the Archery Australia Australian Open.
She is an advocate for promoting wellbeing and health for all regardless of age or ability.
References
External links
World Archery Results*
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Living people
Paralympic archers for Australia
Archers at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
Australian female archers
1974 births
People with multiple sclerosis
21st-century Australian sportswomen