Simon Albury (born 9 May 1982) is an Australian Paralympic rower. He partnered Kathryn Ross at the

2020 Tokyo Paralympics The , branded as the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, was an international multi-sport parasports event held from 24 August to 5 September 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. They were the 16th Summer Paralympic Games as organized by the International Paralympic ...

Personal

Albury was born on 9 May 1982. He was born and grew up in Brisbane, Queensland. In December 2019, he had a work place accident where he fell into a hay bailing machine and lost both his legs. He is married to Melissa and they have four children - Austin, Riley, Layla and Connor. He lives in

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Rowing

Albury took up rowing after the accident as a form of exercise. He rows from the Torrens Rowing Club on Adelaide. He won the PR2 Men's Single Scull PR2 at the 2021 Australian Championships. He has been selected to row at the

i. In June 2021, rowing with Kathryn Ross in the PR2 Mixed Double Scull, he finished second in the Final Paralympic Qualification Regatta in Gavirate, Italy to secure at berth at Games. At the

, Albury, with Kathryn Ross, won the B Final of the Rowing – Mixed double sculls with a time of 8:56.69.

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