Kieran Modra
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| Full name | Kieran John Modra |
| Date of birth | March 27, 1972 |
| date of death | November 13, 2019 |
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| discipline | Track cycling, road cycling |
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| Last updated: November 13, 2019 | |
Kieran John Modra , AM (born March 27, 1972 in Port Lincoln - † November 13, 2019 on the Sturt Highway near Kingsford , South Australia , Australia ) was an Australian cyclist who was active on track and road . He started in paracycling class B for the visually impaired. From 1988 to 2012 he won five gold and five bronze medals in eight Paralympic Games .
Personal
Kieran Modra was visually impaired from birth . His sister Tania Modra that the tandem race of the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney as a pilot Sarnya Parker led to two gold medals. In May 1997 he married Kerry Golding; the couple had three children.
He died during a training drive after colliding with a car on the Sturt Highway , near Gawler , north of Adelaide .
Athletic career
In 1987 Modra started pole vaulting and in 1989 won the Australian School Championships. In 1988 he started at the Summer Paralympics in athletics . After a knee injury, he began swimming in 1990 . In 1992 he took part in the Paralympics in swimming and athletics and won two gold medals in swimming.
In 1995 Kieran Modra turned to cycling because, he said, it was a "form of movement". At the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta , he and his future wife Kerry won the gold medal in the tandem sprint. In 1998 and 1999 he received a scholarship from the Australian Institute of Sport . Although he started at the Summer Paralympics 2000 in Sydney , he did not win a medal. His pregnant wife, who drove him, passed out during the sprint quarter-finals, and his sister Tania took over her duties.
In the qualifications for the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens , Kieran was piloted by David Short and Robert Crowe . Shortly before the games, he was expelled from the Australian team because cyclist Lyn Lepore had successfully appealed his nomination to the International Court of Justice , on the grounds that if Modra and his respective partners were rated separately, she would be higher in the ranking than he. One day before the opening of the games, the Australian Paralympic Committee got it that Modra got an additional starting place in the team. He won two gold medals, in the single pursuit - with the world record time of 4: 21.451 minutes - and in the sprint and a bronze medal in the individual time trial on the road, each on the tandem in class B1-3. In the semifinals of the sprint competition, Modra and Short fell and slightly injured, 45 minutes later they won the gold medal in the final.
On August 21, 2007 Modra set a new world record in the single pursuit with Tyson Lawrence in Bordeaux with 4: 20.891 minutes. At the 2008 Summer Paralympics , he and Lawrence improved his own world record in the single pursuit twice to finally 4: 18.166. The duo also took bronze in the time trial.
From 2011 Kieran Modra races with a new pilot, Scott McPhee . Together they won the gold medal in the single pursuit at the UCI Paracycling World Track Championships in 2011 in Montichiari with a new world record time of 4: 17.780 minutes. Although he had a training accident in December 2011 and suffered vertebral fractures, he won the gold medal in the singles pursuit with McPhee at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London .
At the 2014 UCI Paracycling World Track Championships in Aguascalientes , Modra drove together with Jason Niblett as a pilot, and the two won two silver medals, in the sprint and in the time trial.
In 2016, Kieran and David Edwards won another bronze medal in the individual time trial at the Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro .
Honors
In 1997, Kieran Modra was awarded the Order of Australia (OAM) medal. In 2000 he received the Australian Sports Medal . In December 2011, he and Scott McPhee from the South Australian Sports Institute were named SASI Athlete with a Disability of the Year . In 2014 he became a member of the Order of Australia (AM).
Individual evidence
- ↑ "Brilliant double for duo". Herald Sun . October 23, 2000. p. 58
- ↑ “Five months after scare in Sydney, a baby for the Modras; no games medal, but still a golden moment ”. The Advertiser . March 31, 2001. p. 9
- ^ Gallery: Kieran Modra and family. Adelaide Now, accessed January 23, 2012 .
- ^ Paralympian Kieran Modra dies in cycling accident on the Sturt Highway. 7news.com.au, November 13, 2019, accessed November 13, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Kieran Modra. Australian Paralympic Committee, accessed April 17, 2014 .
- ↑ Andrea Williamson: Feature Interview: Kieran Modra. (MP3) (No longer available online.) Australian Broadcasting Corporation on May 27, 2011, archived from the original on February 2, 2014 ; Retrieved April 17, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Australian Sports Commission (Ed.): Excellence: the Australian Institute of Sport . Canberra 2002, ISBN 1-74013-060-X .
- ↑ "Forgettable Games for the Modras". The Age . October 27, 2000. p. 2
- ^ Modra battles his way to cycling gold. The Sydney Morning Herald, September 20, 2004, accessed April 17, 2014 .
- ↑ 12th Paralympic Games: Day 2. Cyclingnews.com, September 19, 2004, accessed April 17, 2014 .
- ↑ Men's Individual Pursuit Tandem B1–3 Results. International Paralympic Committee, accessed April 17, 2014 .
- ↑ 12th Paralympic Games: Day 4. CyclingNews.com, September 21, 2004, accessed April 17, 2014 .
- ↑ Men's Individual Pursuit (B&VI 1–3) qualifying. (PDF) (No longer available online.) 2008GamesBeijing.com, September 7, 2008, archived from the original on September 11, 2008 ; Retrieved September 9, 2008 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Men's Individual Pursuit (B&VI 1-3) Finals. (PDF) (No longer available online.) 2008GamesBeijing.com, September 7, 2008, archived from the original on September 10, 2008 ; Retrieved April 17, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Men's Individual Pursuit B - Results and Final Classification. (No longer available online.) Royal Spanish Cycling Federation, archived from the original on March 22, 2012 ; Retrieved April 17, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Australia finishes Para Track Worlds as top nation . In: Cycling Australia News . April 14, 2014. Archived from the original on April 15, 2014. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 14, 2014.
- ↑ Modra, Kieran John, OAM. It's an Honor, accessed April 17, 2014 .
- ↑ Modra, Kieran: Australian Sports Medal. It's an Honor, accessed April 17, 2014 .
- ↑ Australia Day honors list 2014: in full. Daily Telegraph , January 26, 2014, accessed April 17, 2014 .
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Modra, Kieran |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Modra, Kieran John (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian disabled cyclist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 27, 1972 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Port Lincoln |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 13, 2019 |
| Place of death | Sturt Highway at Kingford |