Kerry Golding

Kerry Joan Modra OAM[1] (née Golding; born 27 November 1973)[2] is an Australian Paralympic tandem cycling pilot.

[2] She was introduced to Kieran Modra, a visually impaired cyclist, at a friend's 21st birthday party.

[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.

[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.

[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.

Action shot of Kerry Modra (pilot, shown front) with her cycling partner and husband Kieran Modra during the 1 km Time Trial at the 2000 Summer Paralympics