Amanda Lightfoot

Amanda Lightfoot (born 30 January 1987) is a British biathlete.

Amanda Lightfoot is a soldier, it starts to their unit, the AGC Ladies. Since 2007 it belongs to the British National squad and starts since then in international races. Your first race she contested under the Biathlon European Cup. In 2008, she managed a 22nd place in a pursuit race in Cesana San Sicario their best result in the second-highest racing series of biathlon. The highlight of the first season were the Biathlon 2008 European Championships in Nove Mesto na Moravě where Lightfoot was nominated for four races, but took only the sprint and relay, where she was 58th and 12th. In the 2008 /09 season, the Briton in Hochfilzen in a relay race celebrated its World Cup debut and was 19th in Ruhpolding the season with Lightfoot was able to improve the ranking by one place. At World Championships took Lightfoot in 2009 in part for the first time. However, they could be placed as 104 in the top 100 either in the Sprint 105 still in single race. With the British squadron, she took on the side of Adele Walker, Emma Fowler and Alanda Scott Place 21 In the further course of the year the British also took part in the Summer Biathlon World Championships 2009 in Oberhof, finishing in 42nd place in the sprint on roller skis and reached as a lapped runner during the pursuit race not the goal. In the 2009/10 season, she managed to place 71 in a sprint in Kontiolahti her for a long time the best result in the World Cup and confirmed that placement at the start of the season 2010/11 with a single in Östersund. Later in the season they managed to improve steadily. At season's climax, the Biathlon World Championships in 2011, it reached 34 as the function SINGLE not only their best placement in a World Cup race, but also won the first World Cup points. There were also the first won by a British World Cup points in biathlon. Even before she took part in sprint races and qualified there as a 54 for the prosecution, which could not, however, end up as lapped runner. With Walker, Lee - Steve Jackson and Pete Beyer was also 19 with the mixed relay.

National Lightfoot won the title in 2007 with the relay, silver in the team and bronze in the military patrol. The following year she was runner-up in season and third in the team as well as individual and with the military patrol. In 2009, she won silver in the military patrol, also in the team competition. Your nationally successful year was 2010 with the title win in individual, sprint and team competition as well as winning silver in the relay and mass start. In 2011, she won two titles in the sprint and in the team standings. Three times she also won silver.

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