Amber Jae Halliday was born on 13 November 1979 and is a former rower and cyclist from Adelaide, South Australia.
14 Facts About Amber Halliday
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Amber Halliday is an Australian national champion, a dual Olympian and a three-time world-champion in lightweight rowing.
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Amber Halliday rowed for South Australia on nine occasions for six victories in Interstate Regattas and won numerous Australian titles at the Australian National Championships.
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Amber Halliday raced in South Australian representative women's crews who contested the Victoria Cup at the Interstate Regatta.
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Amber Halliday raced for South Australia in quads successively from 1999 to 2004 and in 2006,2007 and 2008.
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Amber Halliday made her first Australian senior representative appearance at the 2000 World Rowing Cup III in Lucerne, Switzerland.
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The next month that same crew contested the lightweight quad scull at the 2000 World Rowing Championships in Zagreb, and Amber Halliday won a silver medal crewed with Sally Causby, Eliza Blair and Catriona Roach The following year at Lucerne 2001 that crew with Blair changed out for Josephine Lips won the gold medal, the lightweight quad scull world championship title and set two world records in the process.
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In 2002 Amber Halliday was teamed with Causby in a double scull, and won her second World Championship title at Seville 2002.
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At the 2006 World Rowing Championships in Eton, Dorney in the lightweight double-scull with Marguerite Houston, Amber Halliday won the silver medal.
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Amber Halliday was selected for and competed at the 2004 Olympic Games with double sculls partner Sally Newmarch.
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Amber Halliday was named South Australia's Sports Star of 2007 and then pre-selected with Marguerite Houston for the 2008 Beijing Olympics in a double-scull.
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In late 2008 Amber Halliday swapped her sculling shell for a bicycle, training with the South Australian Sports Institute squad.
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Amber Halliday was named as the 2009 Amy Gillett Foundation Scholarship winner.
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On 17 January 2011 Amber Halliday was hospitalised after a racing accident sustained at Victoria Park Racecourse, Adelaide.