Amanda Carr (BMX rider)
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| Full name | Amanda Mildred Carr | ||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Yong (Thai: หย็อง) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | June 24, 1990 Punta Gorda, Florida, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 135 lb (61 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Bicycle motocross (BMX) | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
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Amanda Mildred Carr (Thai: อะแมนดา มิลเดรด คาร์; born June 24, 1990) is a Thai-American BMX cyclist.
Early life
[edit | edit source]Carr started BMX when she was 5, after being convinced by her cousins.[1] Carr attended Charlotte High School in Punta Gorda, Florida[2] During high school she earned 17 varsity letters in sports such as golf, track and field, weight lifting and soccer, while maintaining a 3.84 GPA.[3] Carr came in 4th place in the 139lb weight class at the Florida HS AA State Championships in weightlifting with a 150 lb. Bench Press and a 155 lb. Clean & Jerk. Her track and field and soccer skills led to additional opportunities after high school. In 2008, she was a member of the North Carolina State University Women's Soccer team; however she transferred to Florida State University in the spring of 2009. At FSU, taking advantage of her diverse athletic background, Amanda began preparing to compete with the track and field team in the Heptathlon.[3]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Carr holds dual US and Thai citizenship. She has an American father and a Thai mother from Udon Thani. Her father is a lawyer and a former US Air Force member.[4] After training under USA Cycling for several years, Carr chose to change her country designation to compete for Thailand in BMX. Carr is a fluent Thai Isan speaker of the North Eastern dialect of Thailand, as her mother taught her the Thai Isan Dialect when she was little, they spoke the Thai North Eastern Dialect.[5]
Royal decoration
[edit | edit source]- 2015 – File:Order of the Direkgunabhorn (Thailand) ribbon.svg Gold Medalist (Sixth Class) of The Most Admirable Order of the Direkgunabhorn[6]
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Amanda Carr at USA BMX
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- Amanda Carr at OlympediaLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Amanda Carr at Olympics.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- 1990 births
- Living people
- Female BMX riders
- Thai female cyclists
- American female cyclists
- Olympic cyclists for Thailand
- Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Pan American Games cyclists for the United States
- Cyclists at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Asian Games gold medalists in cycling
- Asian Games gold medalists for Thailand
- Asian Games cyclists for Thailand
- Cyclists at the 2014 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games
- Charlotte High School (Punta Gorda, Florida) alumni
- Cyclists from Florida
- American people of Thai descent
- Sportspeople of Thai descent
- Thai people of American descent
- People from Punta Gorda, Florida
- Sportspeople from Charlotte County, Florida
- 21st-century American sportswomen
- 21st-century Thai sportswomen