Kerry Golding

Kerry Golding
Kieran Modra (left) and his wife and pilot Kerry Modra in 2008 showing the gold medal that they won in the 200 m sprint event at the 1996 Atlanta Paralympics
Personal information
Full name Kerry Joan Modra (née Golding)
Nationality  Australia
Born 27 November 1973 (1973-11-27) (age 44)
Nowra, New South Wales
Medal record
Women's cycling
Representing  Australia
Paralympic Games
1996 Atlanta Mixed 200 m Sprint Tandem open
UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships
1998 Colorado Springs Mixed Tandem Sprint B
1998 Colorado Springs Mixed Tandem Time Trial B
1998 Colorado Springs Mixed Tandem Individual Pursuit B
Action shot of Kerry Modra (pilot, shown front) with her cycling partner and husband Kieran Modra during the 1 km Time Trial at the 2000 Summer Paralympics

Kerry Joan Modra (née Golding, OAM[1] (born 27 November 1973)[2] is an Australian Paralympic tandem cycling pilot. She was born in the New South Wales city of Nowra.[2] She was introduced to Kieran Modra, a visually impaired cyclist, at a friend's 21st birthday party. He convinced her to take up cycling; she had only played netball before then.[3] She became Modra's pilot, and six months later,[3] she won a gold medal with him at the 1996 Atlanta Games in the Mixed 200 m Sprint Tandem open event,[4] for which she received a Medal of the Order of Australia.[1]

She married Modra in May 1997,[5] and they have three children.[6] As Kieran's pilot at the 1998 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Colorado Springs, she won gold medals in the Mixed Tandem Sprint B, Mixed Tandem Time Trial B and Mixed Individual Pursuit B.[7] At the 2000 Sydney Games, she did not win any medals.[8] At the games, she was pregnant with the couple's first child, and fainted due to low blood pressure during a quarter-final sprint race; she was replaced as Kieran's pilot by his sister, Tania, for the rest of the games.[9] In 2000, she received an Australian Sports Medal.[10]

References

  1. 1 2 "Golding, Kerry Joan, OAM". It's an Honour. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Australians at the 1996 Atlanta Paralympics: Cyclists". Australian Sports Commission. Archived from the original on 20 January 2000. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
  3. 1 2 "Modras announce new family member on eve of games". The Advertiser. 18 October 2000. p. 113.
  4. ↑ "Golding, Kerry: Athlete Search Results". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
  5. ↑ "Five months after scare in Sydney, a baby for the Modras; no games medal, but still a golden moment". The Advertiser. 31 March 2001. p. 9.
  6. ↑ "Gallery: Kieran Modra and family". Adelaide Now. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
  7. ↑ "Kieran Modra". Cycling South Australia website. Archived from the original on 19 April 2016. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
  8. ↑ "Modra, Kerry: Athlete Search Results". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
  9. ↑ "Forgettable Games for the Modras". The Age. 27 October 2000. p. 2.
  10. ↑ "Modra, Kerry: Australian Sports Medal". It's an Honour. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.