Amanda Lightfoot (born 30 January 1987)[1] is a former British biathlete who competed in many international races.
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Lightfoot was born in Coventry. She took up the sport after first learning to ski at the age of nineteen. She is a Sergeant clerk in the Adjutant General's Corps.[2] She was selected as part of the Team GB squad for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.[3] Her trainer was Walter Pichler, and his cousin Wolfgang Pichler at some point.[1][4][5] Lightfoot achieved a new personal best at the 2017 Biathlon World Championships in Hochfilzen when she finished 32nd in the individual race.[6]
Biathlon results
editAll results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.
Olympic Games
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Event | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Mass start | Relay | Mixed relay |
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2014 Sochi | 71st | 75th | — | — | — | — |
2018 Pyeongchang | 73rd | 67th | — | — | — | — |
World Championships
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Event | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Mass start | Relay | Mixed relay | Single mixed relay |
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2009 Pyeongchang | 104th | 105th | — | — | 21st | — | — |
2011 Khanty-Mansiysk | 33rd | 53rd | LAP | — | 19th | 18th | |
2012 Ruhpolding | 59th | 36th | 43rd | — | 22nd | 24th | |
2013 Nové Město | 95th | 58th | 52nd | — | — | 26th | |
2015 Kontiolahti | 66th | 47th | 47th | — | — | 25th | |
2016 Oslo | 48th | 81st | — | — | — | — | |
2017 Hochfilzen | 32nd | 66th | — | — | — | — | |
2020 Rasen-Antholz | 64th | 90th | — | — | — | — | — |
2021 Pokljuka | DNS | 81st | — | — | — | — | — |
- *During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.
- **The single mixed relay was added as an event in 2019.
References
edit- ^ a b "International Biathlon Union – IBU". Biathlonworld.com. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
- ^ British Biathlon Association website
- ^ "Winter Olympics 2014: Amanda Lightfoot excited by Sochi chance". bbc.co.uk. 17 January 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
- ^ "Lightfoot Notches 34th At World Champs, A Best for Britain – FasterSkier.com". fasterskier.com. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
- ^ ""I don't think I would have been able to have a career in sports without the Army" — Amanda Lightfoot on the struggles of the British biathlete". Sports Gazette. 2 November 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
- ^ Ward, Verity (17 February 2017). "Snow Queen's Olympic hopes after World Championship biathlete performance". Shields Gazette. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
External links
editWikimedia Commons has media related to Amanda Lightfoot.
- Amanda Lightfoot at IBU BiathlonWorld.com
- Amanda Lightfoot at IBU BiathlonResults.com
- Amanda Lightfoot at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Amanda Lightfoot at Team GB
- Amanda Lightfoot at Olympics.com
- Amanda Lightfoot at Olympedia