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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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Birth name | Kerry Joan Golding | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Full name | Kerry Joan Modra | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | 27 November 1973 Nowra, New South Wales | (age 50)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kerry Joan Modra OAM [1] ( née Golding; 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 was married to Modra from May 1997 until his death in 2019, [5] [6] and they had three daughters. [7] 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. [8] At the 2000 Sydney Games, she did not win any medals. [9] 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. [10] In 2000, she received an Australian Sports Medal. [11]
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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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Birth name | Kerry Joan Golding | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Full name | Kerry Joan Modra | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 27 November 1973 Nowra, New South Wales | (age 50)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spouse | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Kerry Joan Modra OAM [1] ( née Golding; 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 was married to Modra from May 1997 until his death in 2019, [5] [6] and they had three daughters. [7] 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. [8] At the 2000 Sydney Games, she did not win any medals. [9] 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. [10] In 2000, she received an Australian Sports Medal. [11]