Melissa Reid (born 15 November 1990) is a visually impaired British paratriathlete who competes in the PTVI classification. She is a

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bronze medallist and a former World and European Champion. She is based in Falmouth in

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Career

Reid competes with a guide athlete in the PTVI category and was first selected for the

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Paratriathlon squad in 2012 having finished second at the 2011 ITU World Championship Series in London. Reid won her first national gold at the GBR Paratriathlon National Championships in 2013. She became ITU World Champion in 2013 and won the ETU European Championships in 2013 and 2017. She also competed for ParalympicsGB and won a bronze medal at the Rio de Janeiro

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in 2016 in the Women's PT5 class for visually impaired athletes. The 2017 season, saw her win gold at the Kitzbühel ETU Triathlon European Championships, she also won two bronze medals one at the Yokohama ITU World Paratriathlon Series and one at the ITU World Triathlon Grand Final Rotterdam. Reid suffered a

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towards the tail end of 2017 which put her out of contention for 18 months. Despite the injury, her 2019 return saw her win two golds at the Besançon ITU Paratriathlon World Cup and the Magog ITU Paratriathlon World Cup. Reid went on to claim three consecutive silvers at the ITU World Triathlon Grand Final Lausanne, Tokyo ITU Paratriathlon World Cup and the Valencia ETU Paratriathlon European Championships in 2019. During the COVID-19 lockdown she decided to switch her guide partner to Hazel Smith who had experience working with paratriathlete

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and moved to

when she was ten. She is a member of Gyllngvase club and was introduced to

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by her father, having previously taken part in

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and surf life saving.

Competitions

The following list of results. Unless indicated otherwise, the competitions are triathlons. DNF = Did not finish DNS = Did not start DSQ = Disqualified

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Reid, Melissa 1990 births Living people British female triathletes Paralympic triathletes for Great Britain Paralympic medalists in paratriathlon Paralympic bronze medalists for Great Britain Triathletes at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Sportspeople from Nottinghamshire 21st-century British women 21st-century British people