Kieran Ault-Connell
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2000 Australian Paralympic Team portrait of Ault-Connell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Kieran John Ault-Connell | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Australian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Melbourne, Victoria | 30 July 1981|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spouse(s) | Eliza Ault-Connell | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability | Cerebral palsy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | T37, T38 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) |
100 metres 200 metres Discus throw Javelin throw Long jump | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kieran John Ault-Connell, OAM[1] (born 30 July 1981)[2] is an Australian Paralympic athlete. He was born in Melbourne, and has cerebral palsy.[2][3] He took up athletics after watching the 1996 Atlanta Paralympics.[3] At the 1998 IPC Athletics World Championships, he won two bronze medals in javelin and long jump.[2] He won two gold medals at the 2000 Sydney Games in the men's 4x100 m relay T38 and the 4x400 m relay T38 events,[4] for which he received a Medal of the Order of Australia.[1] In the process, he set two world records.[5] At the 2004 Athens Games, he won a silver medal in the Men's Javelin F37 event.[4]
He married Australian Paralympic athlete Eliza Stankovic and they have two daughters and a son.[6]
References
- 1 2 "Ault-Connell, Kieran John, OAM". It's an Honour. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
- 1 2 3 "Athlete's Profile". Australian Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 4 December 2000.
- 1 2 "Paralympian Kieran Ault-Connell". Scouts Australia. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 17 May 2012.
- 1 2 "Athlete Search Results". International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2012.
- ↑ "Australian Honour Roll". Australian Paralympic Committee Annual Report 2010. Australian Paralympic Committee: 10. 2010.
- ↑ O'Leary, Cathy (19 May 2014). "Survivor has story of hope". Western Australian. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
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