Kathryn Ross (rower)
 2012 Australian Paralympic Team portrait of Ross | ||||||||||||
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| Nationality |  Australia | |||||||||||
| Born | 25 June 1981 | |||||||||||
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Kathryn Ross (born 25 June 1981)[1] is an Australian Paralympic rower. Her leg became disfigured after her father accidentally ran over her with a ride-on lawn mower on the family farm in Warrnambool when she was two.[2] Both her right knee and ankle joints are fused together.[1]
She took up rowing in 2006 and won the female single category in the national championships in 2007.[1][3] She was partnered with the winner of the male singles championship, John Maclean,[3] and went on to win silver medals with him at the 2007 Munich World Rowing Championships and the 2008 Beijing Paralympics in the the TA2x events.[4][5] After Maclean's retirement, she partnered with Grant Bailey, winning a bronze medal with him at the 2010 New Zealand World Rowing Championships.[1] When Maclean returned to the sport in 2011, she partnered with him to win a bronze medal at that year's World Rowing Championships in Bled, Slovenia and two gold medals in the 2011 International Adaptive Regatta in Italy.[1] At the 2012 London Paralympics, her partner will be Gavin Bellis, who was slightly faster than Maclean at the Gavirate International Regatta in Italy in April 2012.[6][7]
In 2011, she received a Sport Achievement Award from the Australian Institute of Sport.[8]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Kathryn Ross". Australian Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
- ^ Tuxworth, Jon (23 July 2012). "Ross set to seize golden chance". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
- ^ a b "The Finishing Line". Australian Story. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 8 September 2008. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
- ^ Kathryn Ross at the International Paralympic Committee . Retrieved 28 August 2012.
- ^ "Silver for rowing pair". ABC News. 11 September 2008. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
- ^ "Target gold as rowing team announced". Australian Paralympic Committee. 20 June 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
- ^ Butler, Kate (8 May 2012). "Fresh twist for Ross as Paralympic Games partner selected". The Warrnambool Standard. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
- ^ "Sport Achievement Awards". Australian Institute of Sport. 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
