Kieran Jon Murphy is a visually impaired Australian Para tandem cyclist. He won two medals at the 2017 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships.
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| Full name | Kieran Jon Murphy | |||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Australian | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | August 3, 1992 South Australia | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 71 kg (157 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Cycling | |||||||||||||||||
| Disability | Legally Blind | |||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | B2 (Tandem) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Personal edit
Murphy was born at Modbury Hospital in South Australia to his parents Zoe and Scott Murphy. He has three brothers; Joshua, Liam and Declan. He was born with a deteriorating eye condition that will one day leave him blind.[1]
Cycling edit
Murphy initially began his career as a swimmer.[1] Competing at 13 national championships between 2008 and 2014. Four weeks after taking up cycling, he competed at the 2014 National Road and Time Trial Championships.[1] His role model is Kieran Modra who also started as a swimmer and then moved onto cycling.[1]
Murphy with his pilot Lachlan Glasspool won silver medal in the Men's 4 km Individual Pursuit B and bronze medal in the Men's 1 km Time Trial B at the 2017 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Los Angeles, United States[2]
At the 2017 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, Murphy and his pilot Lachlan Glasspool finished tenth in the Men's Time Trial B and did not finish in the Men' Road Race B.[3]
In 2017, he is a scholarship holder at the South Australian Sports Institute.[4] He is a member of Mercedes - Benz Adelaide Racing.[5]
References edit
- ^ a b c d "Kieran Murphy - athlete profile". Eye Support a Star website. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ^ "2017 Para-Cycling Track World Championships". Veloresults website. Archived from the original on 6 March 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
- ^ "2017 UCI Para-cycling World Championships wrap". Australian Paralympic Committee website. Archived from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- ^ "Cycling". South Australian Sports Institute website. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
- ^ "Athlete profiles". Mercedes - Benz Adelaide Racing website. Archived from the original on 13 April 2018. Retrieved 7 March 2017.