Amanda Bateman
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Greensborough, Victoria, Australia
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 3 July 1996 (age 29) Greensborough, Victoria, Australia |
| Alma mater | Firbank Girl's Grammar |
| Years active | 2013-current |
| Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Rowing |
| Club | Melbourne University Boat Club |
| Coached by | Ellen Randell |
| Achievements and titles | |
| National finals | Queen's Cup 2018 & 2021 Aust Champion W1X 2021 Aust Champion W2X 2021 |
Amanda Bateman (born 3 July 1996) is an Australian representative rower. She is a national champion, has represented at underage and senior world championships and is a 2021 Tokyo Olympian where she competed in the Australian women's double-scull.[1][2]
Born in Melbourne, Bateman was educated at Firbank Girls' Grammar School. Her senior club rowing has been from the Mercantile Rowing Club in Melbourne.[3] She is the younger sister of Katrina Bateman who is also an elite rower who has competed for Mercantile, her state of Victoria and Australia.
Amanda's state representative debut for Victoria came in 2016 in the women's youth eight which contested and placed second in the Bicentennial Cup at the Interstate Regatta.[4] In 2018 she rowed in the four seat of the Victorian women's eight which won the Queen's Cup at the Interstate Regatta.[5] In 2021 and 2023 she raced to further Queen's Cup victories in the Victorian women's eight.[6]
Bateman raced in Mercantile colours contesting the women's eight event at the 2017 Australian Rowing Championships.[7] In 2018 and 2019 she raced in Mercantile quad sculls for the women's quad scull title.[8] In 2021 she won Australian Championship titles in the women's single scull and in a double scull with Tara Rigney.[9] In that same regatta in a quad scull she finished in second place contesting the 2021 women's quad title.[10] At the 2023 Australian Rowing Championships she won the quad scull national title in a composite crew.[11]
