Amanda Bateman

Fast Facts

Sport: Rowing
Event: Women’s Double Scull
Olympic History: Olympic Debutant
Coach: Ellen Randall and John Keogh (Head Coach)
Highlights: Qualifying the Women’s Double Scull for Tokyo 2020 at the 2019 World Rowing Championships 
Year Born: 1996
Born: Greensborough, VIC 
Junior Club: Firbank Grammar School (Brighton, VIC)

About Amanda

The younger sister of Rowing Australia teammate Katrina, Amanda Bateman stands as an interesting prospect alongside Tara Rigney in the Women’s Double Scull. 

Partnering with Genevieve Horton, Bateman qualified Australia a crew for the Olympic regatta in Tokyo, in what was her first senior World Rowing Championships in 2019. 

Bateman prepared for her maiden Olympics campaign at the highly-esteemed National Training Centre in Sydney, where since the latter stages of 2018 she has continued to progress and improve in a top-class competitive environment. 

Overseen by world-leading coaches John Keogh, Tom Westgarth and Ellen Randell, Bateman bolted into Olympics contention after a series of impressive performances, most notably of which was accompanied by a silver and bronze medal in the 2019 World Rowing Cup. 

Bateman represented Australia at her maiden Olympics in Tokyo, with Tara Rigney as a member of the Women's Double Scull. The Australians advanced to the Semi-Final after a third place finish in their heat.

In their Semi-Final, the young combination came out strong and were in the mix for the first half of the race, jostling with Canada, USA, the Netherlands and France for a spot in the Final. As the crews hit the final 500-metres, it was the Netherlands, Canada and USA in front, with France and Australia chasing down the leaders, but the crews ran out of water and Australia crossed the line in fifth place. The Australians went on to win their B-Final and record an overall result of seventh at their first Olympic appearance.