The first rower to be inducted into the Hall of Champions, Amber Bradley was born at Wickham in 1980 and took up rowing while at Penhros College. She represented both Western Australia and Australia in underage competition, before securing a seat in the Australian women’s quad scull team and finishing fourth at the World Rowing Championships in Seville in 2002. That performance was backed up with victory at the Rowing World Cup in Lucerne in 2003, a gold medal at the 2003 World Rowing Championships in Milan and a bronze medal at the Athens Olympics in 2004.
By 2005, Amber was rowing the double scull with Sally Kehoe, and the pair combined for bronze at the 2005 World Rowing Championships in Gifu before Amber moved to the sweep-oared boats, collecting a bronze medal as a member of the Australian women’s eight at the 2006 World Rowing Championships at Eton and a gold medal as part of the four.
She then returned to the sculls, placing ninth at the World Rowing Cup in the pairs with Kerry Hore and earning her place in the quad, which she held through to the Olympics to pick up a sixth-place finish at Beijing in 2008.
Amber finished her career with an enviable record at national and international competition, and is one of just nine West Australians to win an Olympic medal in the sport.