Ameera Lee dreams of representing Australia in Para-archery at the Paralympic Games, and if her meteoric rise in the sport to date is telling, she will achieve that dream at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.
After finding her start in Para-archery in 2016, it did not take Ameera long to attract the attention of one of the world’s most esteemed Para-archery coaches in Ricci Cheah. Together, they began working towards her selection to the Australian Para-archery team, and in 2018, Ameera made her green and gold debut.
On debut at the 2018 Para-archery European Circuit in Olbia, Italy, Ameera reached the quarter-finals of the women’s individual recurve/compound W1, and simultaneously put the rest of the world on notice for the following year’s 2019 World Archery Para Championships in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands, where she looked primed and ready to achieve her first international podium finish.
Although Ameera did not win a medal …
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Ameera Lee dreams of representing Australia in Para-archery at the Paralympic Games, and if her meteoric rise in the sport to date is telling, she will achieve that dream at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.
After finding her start in Para-archery in 2016, it did not take Ameera long to attract the attention of one of the world’s most esteemed Para-archery coaches in Ricci Cheah. Together, they began working towards her selection to the Australian Para-archery team, and in 2018, Ameera made her green and gold debut.
On debut at the 2018 Para-archery European Circuit in Olbia, Italy, Ameera reached the quarter-finals of the women’s individual recurve/compound W1, and simultaneously put the rest of the world on notice for the following year’s 2019 World Archery Para Championships in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands, where she looked primed and ready to achieve her first international podium finish.
Although Ameera did not win a medal in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, she gained crucial international experience to take her game to the next level – just in time for the Paralympic Games.
For Ameera, becoming a Paralympian is about more than representing her country, as special as that is. She dreams of becoming a Paralympian to inspire her 15-year-old son Huthaifa, as well as to prove to others like her with multiple sclerosis that a diagnosis is not a death sentence – the opportunities to take back control of their lives are endless, and one of the ways to do that is through Para-archery.
At the 2023 Para-archery World Championship in the Czech Republic, Ameera’s dreams of Paris 2024 qualification were given a huge boost when her performances earned a Paralympics quota spot for Australia in her classification. With less than a year to go before the Games, Ameera is now well-positioned to make her Paralympic dream a reality in Paris.
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