Kerry Joan Modra (; born 27 November 1973) is an Australian Paralympic tandem cycling pilot. She was born in the New South Wales city of Nowra. She was introduced to

Kieran Modra Kieran John Modra (27 March 1972 – 13 November 2019) was an Australian Paralympic swimmer and tandem cyclist. He won five gold and five bronze medals at eight Paralympic Games from 1988 to 2016, along with two silver medals at the 2014 Gla ...

, 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. She became Modra's pilot, and six months later, she won a gold medal with him at the

1996 Atlanta Games The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

in the Mixed 200 m Sprint Tandem open event, for which she received a Medal of the Order of Australia. 231000 - Cycling track Kerry Modra Kieran Modra action - 3b - 2000 Sydney race photo

231000 - Cycling track Kerry Modra Kieran Modra action - 3b - 2000 Sydney race photo

She was married to Modra from May 1997 until his death in 2019, and they had three daughters. 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. At the

2000 Sydney Games The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

, she did not win any medals. 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. In 2000, she received an Australian Sports Medal.

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