Education
University of Adelaide.
University of Adelaide.
Specialising in sculling, Halliday made her international debut in 1999, winning the Under-23 World Championship in Hamburg in the lightweight double scull with Hannah Every. Named South Australia"s Sports Star of 2007 she was pre-selected for the Beijing Olympics where her crew placed 8th in a "disappointing" performance. In late 2008 Halliday swapped her row boat for a bicycle, training with the South Australian Sports Institute squad.
Crash
On 17 January 2011 Amber was hospitalised after a racing accident sustained at Victoria Park Racecourse, Adelaide.
In September 2011 her recovery was documented by the Australian Broadcasting Commission"s program, Contact Sport.
She is a three-time world-champion in lightweight rowing. She won three world championships - the lightweight quad scull in 2001 (with Jo Francou, Catriona Roach and Sally Causby) and the lightweight double scull in 2002 (with Sally Causby) and 2007 (with Margeurite Houston). While riding for Bachelor of Medicine Cycles, Halliday won her first ever cycle tour, the NZCT Women"s Tour of New Zealand in February 2009. Most recently she was named the Amy Gillett Foundation Scholarship winner.
Halliday is a member of the Adelaide University Boat Club.
