SPRATT Amanda

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Road Race
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	15
2012	London, GBR	OTL

UCI Road World Championships

Year	Location	Road Race	Individual Time Trial	Team Time Trial
2019	Harrogate, GBR	3	11	-
2018	Innsbruck, AUT	2	-	-
2017	Bergen, NOR	40	-	-
2015	Richmond, VA, USA	48	-	7
2014	Ponferrada, ESP	-	-	2
2013	Florence, ITA	DNF	-	3
2012	Valkenburg, NED	68	-	-
2011	Copenhagen, DEN	110	-	-
2010	Melbourne, VIC, AUS	DNF	-	-

Ten best performances in major races in career

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location
1	2018	Women's Individual	Emakumeen Bira	Iurreta, ESP
1	2016	Road Race	Great Ocean Road Race	Geelong, VIC, AUS
2	2019	Women's Individual	Emakumeen Bira	Onyate, ESP
2	2019	Road Race	Trofeo Binda	Cittiglio, ITA
2	2018	Team Time Trial	Ladies Tour of Norway TTT	Halden, NOR
2	2018	Road Race	Liege - Bastogne - Liege	Ans, BEL
3	2020	Road Race	Great Ocean Road Race	Geelong, VIC, AUS
3	2019	Women's Individual	Giro Rosa	Udine, ITA
3	2019	Road Race	Great Ocean Road Race	Geelong, VIC, AUS
3	2018	Women's Individual	Giro Rosa	Cividale del Friuli, ITA
3	2018	Road Race	Amstel Gold Race	Berg en Terblijt, NED
3	2015	Women's Individual	Ladies Tour of Norway	Halden, NOR
3	2013	Team Time Trial	Vargarda TTT	Vargarda, SWE

Legend
DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified, OTL - Outside the Time Limit

Spratty (rio2016.olympics.com.au, 12 Jul 2016)

Athlete

Business, Public Relations - Griffith University [AUS] / Charles Sturt University [AUS]

English

Mitchelton - Scott [Australia] since 2012

She represented Australia in BMX at the 1998 World Junior Championships in Melbourne, VIC, Australia. She has also competed in track cycling and won gold in the points race at the 2004 World Junior Championships in Los Angeles, CA, United States of America. (SportsDeskOnline, 26 Mar 2020; bicyclingaustralia.com.au, 21 Sep 2015)

Turned professional in 2012

She sustained a concussion after crashing on stage seven of the 2020 Giro Rosa in Italy and had to abandon the race. (bbc.co.uk, 17 Sep 2020)

She broke her collarbone after crashing in the 2014 Tour of Flanders. (bicyclingaustralia.com.au, 21 Sep 2015; greenedgecycling.com, 08 Apr 2014)

She was diagnosed with piriformis syndrome in 2008. The condition affects the piriformis muscle in the buttocks region, and can also compress the sciatic nerve. She was in such severe pain in her lower back and down her right leg that she could not ride for more than 45 minutes at a time. She had surgery to correct the injury but the pain persisted, and she missed most of the 2008 cycling season and all of 2009. (theaustralian.com.au, 24 Mar 2012; ausport.gov.au, 21 Mar 2012)

She began BMX racing along with her brother at age nine. She took up road and track cycling at age 12 after joining the Penrith Panthers Cycling Club in New South Wales, Australia. (bicyclingaustralia.com.au, 21 Sep 2015)

Her father and her grandfather used to race for the Penrith Panthers Cycling Club. (ausport.gov.au, 21 Mar 2012)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (theguardian.com, 24 Apr 2019)

Her performances throughout the 2018 season. (theguardian.com, 24 Apr 2019)

Australian surfer Layne Beachley. (olympics.com.au, 25 Jun 2012)

Her family. (rio2016.olympics.com.au, 12 Jul 2016)

"Train hard, recover harder." (rio2016.olympics.com.au, 12 Jul 2016)

In 2019 she was named Female Cyclist of the Year at the Cycling Australia annual awards ceremony. (cyclingnews.com, 17 Dec 2019)

She was named Australian Junior Female Track Cyclist of the Year in 2004, and Australian Junior Female Road Cyclist of the Year in 2005. (rio2016.olympics.com.au, 12 Jul 2016)