Discipline
Para Archery
- Individual Compound W2
- Mixed Team Compound W2
Paralympic Games Attended
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Sporting Career Highlight
Representing Australia at the 2018 Para Archery European Circuit in Olbia, Italy
Get creative, be inspired and never give up
After narrowly missing selection to compete at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, Para archer Ameera Lee achieved her dream to represent Australia at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.
Ameera started in Para archery in 2016 and soon attracted the attention of one of the world’s most esteemed coaches in Ricci Cheah. By 2018 Ameera was representing Australia.
It all started when Ameera took her son to the range but fell in love with the sport herself. Huthaifa has encouraged his mum to continue in the sport, in spite of her multiple sclerosis and the obstacles it has created, which include her motor skills being severely impacted by heat.
“As a single parent, working full-time and managing my MS, I’d kind of given up on myself,” Ameera said.
“It sounds negative, but I thought ‘This is what I’ve got, so I’m just going to focus on my child’. I’d forgotten about myself as an individual.
“But, when we tried archery, I just loved the feeling of being out in the open and feeling motivated to do something I found I enjoyed.”
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. At the 2023 Para Archery World Championship in the Czech Republic, her performances earned a Paralympics quota spot for Paris 2024, in her classification, which she eventually filled. In Paris, she progressed to the 1/8 round in the women’s individual compound open and partnered with Jonathon Milne in the mixed team compound to reach the quarter final.
Ameera uses her platform to advocate for mental health and resilience, including playing a leading role in Paralympics Australia’s Imagine Education Program, where she presents to schoolchildren about Para sport, the Paralympic Games and living with disability.
Ameera is a single mother who works professionally while inspiring people to pursue their goals with determination and optimism. She said her experience representing Australia at Paris 2024 strengthened her commitment to competing at the highest level.
“It has been about discipline, courage, rebuilding and continuing to move forward through challenge,” she said.
