Phillipa Gray (born 16 February 1989 in

Thames, New Zealand Thames () ( mi, Pārāwai) is a town at the southwestern end of the Coromandel Peninsula in New Zealand's North Island. It is located on the Firth of Thames close to the mouth of the Waihou River. The town is the seat of the Thames-Coromandel (di ...

) is a New Zealand

Paralympic The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the ''Games of the Paralympiad'', is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of physical disabilities, including impaired muscle power and impaire ...

cyclist. Gray, who is sight and hearing impaired from

Usher syndrome Usher syndrome, also known as Hallgren syndrome, Usher–Hallgren syndrome, retinitis pigmentosa–dysacusis syndrome or dystrophia retinae dysacusis syndrome, is a rare genetic disorder caused by a mutation in any one of at least 11 genes result ...

, won a gold, silver and bronze medal, with pilot Laura Thompson in the

cycling at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Cycling at the 2012 Summer Paralympics consisted of 50 events in two main disciplines, track cycling and road cycling. Track cycling was held in London Velopark from 30 August to 2 September, and road cycling took place at Brands Hatch from Sep ...

. In the

2013 New Year Honours The New Year Honours 2013 were appointments by some of the 16 Commonwealth realms to Orders and decorations of the Commonwealth realms, various orders and honours to recognise and reward good works by citizens of those countries. The New Year Hon ...

, Gray was appointed a

Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit The New Zealand Order of Merit is an order of merit in the New Zealand royal honours system. It was established by royal warrant on 30 May 1996 by Elizabeth II, Queen of New Zealand, "for those persons who in any field of endeavour, have ren ...

for services to cycling.

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* * 1989 births Living people New Zealand female cyclists Paralympic cyclists for New Zealand Paralympic gold medalists for New Zealand Paralympic silver medalists for New Zealand Paralympic bronze medalists for New Zealand Paralympic medalists in cycling Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Sportspeople from Thames, New Zealand Members of the New Zealand Order of Merit 21st-century New Zealand women {{NewZealand-Paralympic-medalist-stub